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Genre :

Biography, Drama

Release Date :

November 26, 2008 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Gus Van Sant

Starring :

Sean Penn, James Franco, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna, Victor Garber, Stephen Spinella, Denis O'Hare, Alison Pill, Kelvin Yu, Lucas Grabeel, Eric Stoltz

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Go! Watch this movie. You'll regret if not seeing it.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

3 of 4

“..worthy docudrama..”
by Rick Groen [Globe and Mail]
4 of 4

“..Van Sant's best film..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
3.5 of 4

“..suspenseful, moving and absorbing..”
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
3.5 of 4

“..powerful drama stirringly told..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
“..fascinating, multi-layered history lesson..”
by A.O. Scott [NY Times]
Review rate : A-

“..fascinating..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
4.5 of 5

“..compelling..”
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic]
Review rate : B

“..comforting, familiar, educative..”
by Shawn Levy [Portland Oregonian]
Review rate : A-
Reviewed by William Arnold [Seattle Post Intelligencer]
Review rate : B-
Reviewed by Scott Tobias [Onion AV Club]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Rafer Guzman [Newsday]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic.com]

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Powerful! Sad! Can't miss the parallels of today. 30 years and things haven't changed very much.

posted by frankiecue on Dec 01, 2008
 
 

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