Tully
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  • Summary: Based on the O'Henry Prize winning story by Tom McNeal, this film explores a legacy of love between a family of men, and the events of one summer that change their world forever. (TellTale Films)

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  1. Positive: 16 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 20
  3. Negative: 1 out of 20
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    Such understated storytelling, sensitive directing, and avoidance of easy filmmaking tricks are all too rare in American movies. This is truly one from the heart.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Chuck Wilson
    80
    This is writer-director Hilary Birmingham's first film, and it's a lovely thing, as reserved and unfussy as its characters and, like them, full of surprises.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    A modest but finely tuned look at small-town life.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    38
    A yawn-provoking little farm melodrama.

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  1. ChadS.
    9
    What drives "Tully" is the luminous work of Julianne Nicholson, who you hope doesn't get her heart broken by the titular character, played by Anson Mount. That's what gives this quietly amazing film its tension. We want the best for Ella. "Tully" could've just been about this unlikely love affair between a good girl and a bad boy, but it's also about family secrets and the financial strain which plagues a heartland farmer. "Tully" is so understated, you're never completely cognizant to the oncoming tragedy, even though the filmmaker sets it up in full-view. It's unnecessary, but well-done and absolutely plausible. "Tully" would still be a gem without the melodrama. This film gets away with a potentially bum note because it respects people who live in small towns. Not once does the viewer feel that the people who inhabit this Nebraska outback are wasting away their days and nights like a hick who's tipped a few cows in his lifetime. Somebody has to live in these places, and the people we meet here do it with grace, especially Ella, who is poetry in motion.… Expand

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