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  1. TerryO.
    Oct 17, 2005
    8
    A collection of talent in a believable ensemble setting makes it more than it might have been. Yes, it is leisurely. Yes, it is too focused inward on a couple of themes. But it is a good looking scrapbook of a movie. How could you not want the best for Tyler and Phoenix, and Mrs. Holt? In the end, 2 out of 3 ain't bad. Kind of like in real life, and that bittersweetness is what , in the end, makes it worth watching and appreciating.… Expand
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Metascore
49 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 21
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  1. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    40
    Told from younger brother Doug's point of view, Phoenix's voiceover spans the length of the film and winds up making the images that unfold practically redundant.
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  2. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    70
    Apart from the script, it's the actors who make this a film worth seeing; all of them look and sometimes even act like real people rather than types or icons, and behind their interactions can be felt the depths of lived experience.
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  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    The picture is haunted by a story problem: It isn't about anything but itself. There's no sense of life going on in the corners of the frame.
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