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77 out of 100

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9.2 out of 10

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  • Summary: Both unexpectedly funny and heartbreaking, 51 Birch Street is the first-person account of Block’s unpredictable journey through a whirlwind of dramatic life-changing events: the death of his mother, the uncovering of decades of family secrets, and the ensuing reconciliation with his father. What begins as his own intimate, autobiographical story soon evolves into a broader meditation on the universal themes of love, marriage, fidelity and the mystery of family. (Copacetic Pictures)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 15 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 16
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ruthe Stein
    100
    Block's hypnotic documentary, among the finest of the year.
  2. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    100
    51 Birch Street, like the best of the recent wave of personal documentaries, is both a compelling story and an eye-opening bit of social history.
  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Tasha Robinson
    42
    The joys of watching a man carry out his own therapy onscreen are fairly limited.

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