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81 out of 100

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8.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 34 Ratings

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  • Starring: Bobby Cannavale, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Dinklage
  • Summary: A film about three people with nothing in common, except their shared solitude, until chance circumstances bring their lives together. Before long, from this forgotten depot, this mismatched threesome forges an unlikely bond, which ultimately reveals that even isolation is better shared. (Miramax)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ruthie Stein
    100
    As touching and original a movie as you're likely to see this year.
  2. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    91
    Watching this tender little movie with its teasing humor, its deeply felt performances and its focus on slight moments rather than gigantic sea changes is like hearing a tasteful sonata instead of the usual vulgar symphony that the cinema offers up.
  3. New York Magazine
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    60
    A bit too satisfied with its own sweet sensitivities.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 19
  3. Negative: 3 out of 19
  1. jd
    1
    Yet another movie whose success depends on flattering the viewer that he's somehow more intelligent and sensitive than most of the bozos on screen -- which isn't terribly hard for the writer to do, since he's written all the parts. Add to that the usual dose of post-ironic quirk, and the ludicrous notion that the lonely offer each other comfort (if that were true, why would anyone be lonely?) and we've got a Sundance award-winner. What would happen if actual artists started working in this medium?… Expand
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  2. DenisG.
    0
    Ending not abrupt enough. Ten minutes was too much of this drivel abt implausible characters going nowhere slowly.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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