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76 out of 100

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6.5 out of 10

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  • Starring: Adam Beach, Evan Adams
  • Summary: Though Victor and Thomas have lived their entire young lives in the same tiny town, they couldn't have less in common! But when Victor is urgently called away, it's Thomas who comes up with the money to pay for his trip. There's just one thing Victor has to do: take Thomas along for the ride! (Miramax)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    100
    Beach and Adams give remarkable performances that grow in feeling and intensity.
  2. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    80
    Its particularities are the best thing about it.
  3. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    78
    The cast is uniformly excellent in their roles, and Eyre's persistent use of long, trailing shots reinforces the story's elegiac tone.
  4. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Scott Kelton Jones
    60
    The film is bound together around the oral tradition and the act of storytelling, and this is where the filmmakers shine.

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  1. HuntleyR.
    3
    A story completely lacking in originality or emotional depth, Victor, played with robotic exhibition by Adam Beach, goes in search of his father who abandoned him when he was a boy. The jokes barely evoke a chuckle, the flashbacks are clumsily positioned and poorly executed, and if the wooden acting doesn't put you to sleep, the sappy dialogue will.… Expand

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