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The Hawk Is Dying

Overview


Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

March 30, 2007 (NY)

Director :

Julian Goldberger

Starring :

Michelle Williams, Michael Pitt, Paul Giamatti, Rusty Schwimmer, Robert Wisdom, Ann Wedgeworth

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  Be the 1st!

2.5 of 4

“..worth watching simply for another knockout performance by Giamatti..”
by James Emanuel Shapiro [Reel.com]
2.5 of 4

“..worth a matinee..”
by Eric Lurio [Entertainment Insiders]
“..The Hawk Is Dying never takes flight..”
by Chad Greene [Boxoffice Magazine]
“..often incomprehensible, unattractive, and always impossible to believe..”
by Doris Toumarkine [Film Journal International]
2 of 6

“..never more alive than when the title character is onscreen..”
by Tom Beer [Time Out New York]
2.5 of 4

“..it's far from perfect - but it does have an artsy integrity and a fascinatingly intense performance by Paul Giamatti..”
by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
Review rate : B-

“..an odd and interesting piece of independent cinema..”
by Stephen Snart [The Cinema Source]
Review rate : B
Reviewed by Noel Murray [The Onion A.V. Club]
Review rate : C-
Reviewed by Harvey S. Karten [CompuServe]

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