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Metascore
84 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 24 Critics What's this?

User Score
5.8 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 49 Ratings

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  • Summary: Old Joy is the story of two old friends, Kurt (Oldham) and Mark (London), who reunite for a weekend camping trip in the Cascade mountain range east of Portland, Oregon. (Kino International)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 24
  3. Negative: 1 out of 24
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    100
    It's in all the moments where little happens that Reichardt is most amazing, investing even a gas-station pit stop with perfect emotional pitch.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    50
    Features some of the year's most beautiful scenery and two of its most wooden characters.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    25
    You must lead a dull life if it would be enlivened by 76 minutes' worth of Old Joy.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 26
  3. Negative: 15 out of 26
  1. AshutoshR.
    9
    Though I could not fully comprehend he movie but i still liked the movie . Kurt's acting was really good , i liked him because he had courage to lead his life the way he wanted. I wish i could be like him .The music of the movie was also very soothing and the ambiance surrounding the characters was also very good ."Sorrow is like worn out joy". Now after this last line do I need to say anything more.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. ScottS.
    3
    Hey Chad: Sometimes a shoulder rub is just a shoulder rub. And, trees are not phallic symbols when you're in the woods; they're "the woods".… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. WillN.
    3
    Pace is so slow that I could have been real time.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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