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  1. MarkW.
    Jul 3, 2005
    2
    Don't be fooled as I was. This is not a documentary on the tobacco industry. It is a slow boring ride through a muted tour of how much the maker like to shoot video. Ross McElwee spend two hours of my life talking to his Southern cousins and people that speak of The South and others that might quit smoking but never do. All the while trying to sell the story that a forgotten Hollywood file of the Fifties was a story of his Great-Grandfather.… Expand
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Metascore
79 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics

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  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    90
    By the end of this reflective, wise, often hilarious movie, you feel as though he (McElwee) has slapped a huge chunk of raw, palpitating life onto the screen.
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  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    80
    Witty, thoughtful and illuminating.
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  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    75
    This might have come off as both self-indulgent and preachy if McElwee weren't so persuasively earnest. "Bright Leaves" becomes both a mystery and memoir in progress and though the filmmaker does not find the truth he is looking for, it was clearly a quest worth undertaking.
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