Old Joy

Name: Old Joy
Genre: Drama
Released: September 20, 2006
Duration: 76 min
Rating: 84

2006

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Universal acclaim based on 24 Critic Reviews

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Generally favorable reviews based on 70 Ratings

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Kino International | Release Date: September 20, 2006

Summary: Old Joy is the story of two old friends, Kurt (Oldham) and Mark (London), who reunite for a weekend camping trip in the Cascade mountain range east of Portland, Oregon. (Kino International)

Director: Kelly Reichardt

Genre(s): Drama

Runtime: 76 min

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Manohla Dargis

A triumph of modesty and of seriousness that also happens to be one of the finest American films of the year. Read full review

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Ella Taylor

The movie's scale is minuscule, but the physical and emotional landscapes it travels are as broad, deep and mysterious as the human psyche itself. Read full review

Michael Sragow

A spare, trembling lyric poem of a movie that uses stillness and facial blips the way melodramas use showdowns and action films big bangs. Read full review

Wesley Morris

Kurt and Mark's trip to those hot springs is a figurative return to Eden. Anyone who's had a disillusioning reunion with a moony old friend knows what Mark discovers: They're too old to stay that innocent. None of this hit me until after the movie ended. But it hit me hard: You can't go home again. Read full review

David Edelstein

Against a radiant backdrop of decay and rebirth, nothing needs to be said; everything in this lovely film is crystalline. Read full review

Empire David Parkinson

Making exceptional use of stillness and silence, this is a rather sad study of the passing of traditional concepts of American masculinity along with the landscape that forged them. Read full review

Kyle Smith

You must lead a dull life if it would be enlivened by 76 minutes' worth of Old Joy. Read full review

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danielchabannes

Apr 2, 2007

Very sensitive !

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TankyT.

Sep 25, 2006

Amazing.

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Oct 29, 2006

Well acted and very well directed, Old Joy lives up to all of the hype and then some.

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WillN.

Sep 23, 2007

Pace is so slow that I could have been real time.

1 of 1 users found this helpful

anneb.

Mar 17, 2007

There is obviously no middle ground for this movie. I do want to know where those hot springs were?

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KathleenF.

Mar 10, 2007

The only reason more people didn't leave the theater during this utterly boring and pointless film is because it is thankfully, rather short. The most interesting thing in this film is the dog with the stick. Just because you like Will Oldham, doesn't make this a good movie.

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JasonG.

Oct 4, 2006

This could well be the worst movie ever to receive these kind of patronizing reviews. Shallow, empty, and pretentious, I dare those who praised it to subject themselves to a second viewing. 76 minutes of pure drivel.

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