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Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

September 09, 2005 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Lasse Hallström

Starring :

Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez, Morgan Freeman, Josh Lucas, Camryn Manheim, Damian Lewis, Becca Gardner

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

8.5 of 10

“..well-crafted drama..”
by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon]
3 of 4

“..There isn't a weak performance to be found...”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
“..never realizes its dramatic potential..”
by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]
“..marches its characters toward expulsive redemption with a predictability that's almost impressive...”
by Mark Holcomb [Village Voice]
3 of 5

“..is unable to bring anything new..”
by Mark Plante [The Cinema Source]
2 of 5

“..has some of the same quality director Lasse Hallstr?m brought to his other films..”
by Chris Hewitt [The Arizona Republic]
2 of 4

“..Hallstrom misses the mark with his casting..”
by Brian Marder [Hollywood]
3 of 4

“..flawed but nonetheless worthwhile..”
by James Verniere [Boston Herald]
3 of 4

“..dramatically and emotionally involving..”
by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press]
2.5 of 4

“..Another sleepy, sweeping soft-serve melodrama from director Lasse Hallstrom..”
by Rob Blackwelder [SPLICEDwire]
2 of 4

“..a slow, laden picture..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
2.5 of 5

“..a middlebrow mush of platitudes rather than an okay corral of distinct characters with heartbeats..”
by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
4.5 of 5
Reviewed by [E! Online]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Calvin Wilson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by William Arnold [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Philip Wuntch [The Dallas Morning News]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain News]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Bob Strauss [Houston Chronicle]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Keough [The Boston Phoenix]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Tim Knight [Reel]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Stan Urankar [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it]
2 of 5
Reviewed by The Wolf [Iofilm]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Jan Stuart [Newsday]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Peter Sobczynski [EFilmCritic]

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Good movie.

posted by Mindo on May 28, 2009
 
 

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