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42 out of 100

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4.6 out of 10

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  • Starring: Don McKellar, Olympia Dukakis, Parker Posey
  • Summary: Set in Manhattan's fashionable Chelsea district, amidst the neighborhood's large and varied gay population, The Event is an intricately structured inquiry into one man's death that becomes a celebration of his life. (ThinkFilm)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 19
  3. Negative: 6 out of 19
  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Eric Campos
    90
    A very important film that is as sad as it is uplifting. After viewing it you may just have a whole new appreciation for life.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    There's a lot of talent on display here: Dukakis has never been better and once again Fitzgerald proves himself to be a filmmaker of unfailing sensitivity, capable of transforming what could have been distastefully flip or overly lachrymose into something humorous but deeply heartfelt.
  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Janice Page
    38
    Dukakis gets off some of the film's best lines and keeps the worst from sinking the whole affair; Polley's role is limited, but her character's audition for a feminine hygiene commercial is by far the best thing here.

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