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Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

November 11, 2005 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Scott McGehee, David Siegel

Starring :

Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche, Flora Cross, Max Minghella, Kate Bosworth

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  Be the 1st!

3.5 of 5

“..works earnestly to transform unfamiliar concepts of philosophy..”
by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
2 of 4

“..pretty phony..”
by [The Filmiliar Cineaste]
3.5 of 5

“..loses its sting along the way..”
by [E! Online]
2.5 of 4

“..becomes muddled and strained..”
by Gary Goldstein [Reel]
7 of 10

“..an intriguing and original look at family dysfunction and alternate forms of spirituality..”
by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon]
2 of 4

“..an emotionally complex but dramatically inert psychological portrait of a family..”
by Jan Stuart [Newsday]
2 of 5

“..a watchable but ultimately frustrating and disappointing experience..”
by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon]
1.5 of 4

“..a movie about spirituality without a single ounce of spirit..”
by Allison Benedikt [Chicago Tribune]
3 of 5

“..a film that gets deep inside the characters to see what makes them tick..”
by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall]
“..a baffling puzzle where cause and effect are never firmly established...”
by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Brian Orndorf [EFilmCritic]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Chris Cabin [Filmcritic]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Harper Barnes [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Ed Scheid [Boxoffice Magazine]
3 of 5
Reviewed by J.P. Mangalindan [The Cinema Source]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Keough [The Boston Phoenix]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Chelsea Bain [Boston Herald]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Hanh Nguyen [Zap2it]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]
Reviewed by Anthony Lane [The New Yorker]

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