| 100 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
Undeniable asset of an A list cast.
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| 100 |
Boston Globe
A gorgeous autumnal period piece that catches a vanishing proprietary class on the eve of its extinction in Ireland in 1920.
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| 90 |
LA Weekly
Chuck Wilson
This is one of those rare times when a credit-heavy gathering of top film talents actually manages to produce a work of art.
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| 90 |
Dallas Observer
Impeccably acted by a fine ensemble cast, it's a sheer pleasure to behold.
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| 90 |
Los Angeles Times
A luminous, piercing film from the Elizabeth Bowen novel, richly evokes a world of privilege on the verge of disintegration.
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| 90 |
Variety
Like hard-edged "Masterpiece Theater."
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| 88 |
Chicago Tribune
One of those rare movies that manages to maintain the hushed intensity and claustrophobic anxiety that is normally associated with theater or prose.
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| 83 |
Entertainment Weekly
There's something Slavic about Warner's storytelling.
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| 80 |
Film.com
A Melancholy Delight. Its pacing will undoubtedly seem too deliberate to some, but I found first-time director Deborah Warner's The Last September a delight from beginning to end.
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| 75 |
Christian Science Monitor
The movie doesn't have much more get-up-and-go than the characters, but solid performances and richly textured camera work keep it involving most of the way through.
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| 75 |
Miami Herald
Sad confusions and emotional disconnections are what the story is all about.
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| 75 |
San Francisco Chronicle
The quality of acting in September, coupled with Idziak's images, warrant a visit.
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| 70 |
Village Voice
The film's pathos lies not with people who have justice on their side, but with those who don't know where they belong.
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| 70 |
Chicago Reader
This gorgeous expressionist drama makes the comparisons so effectively at the outset that by the end they seem belabored.
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| 70 |
Washington Post
More interesting for the world it evokes rather than the drama that unfolds.
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| 67 |
Portland Oregonian
There's enough caustic wit, romance and dizzy whimsy to make The Last September, if not deep, at least diverting.
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| 63 |
Baltimore Sun
Instead of a sweeping epic, this adaptation of a novel by Elizabeth Bowen is much quieter, a work perhaps too understated and stereotypical for its own good.
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| 50 |
Chicago Sun-Times
I'm not sure the movie should have pumped up the melodrama to get us more interested, but something might have helped.
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| 50 |
New York Daily News
Saga too arty for own good.
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| 50 |
New York Post
Overall, The Last September is a real snooze.
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| 50 |
TV Guide
There's a certain built-in poignance to the end-of-an-era proceedings here, regardless of how frostily they're dramatized.
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| 42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A botched job: the various relationships and personal histories of the characters are never made clear, the last act is glaringly disjointed, the writing and direction are all over the map.
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| 30 |
Austin Chronicle
Not even the rich and nuanced performances of stage veterans Smith, Gambon, and Birkin can save this British period drama from languishing amid the story's unfocused longings and unrealistic musings.
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