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Greek language drama about an eccentric woman who becomes her father's companion as he undergoes cancer therapy and faces death. Cast:Ariane Labed, Yorgos Lanthimos, Vangelis Mourikis, Evangelia RandouDirector:Athina Rachel TsangariRelease Date:November 4, 2011DVD Release:June 19, 2012From:Strand ReleasingLength:1 hr 35 min
Attenberg played in limited release to very good reviews. • Rick Groen wrote in the Toronto Globe & Mail, "...strange, moving, puzzling, funny, frustrating and ultimately absorbing..." • And Stephanie Merry wrote in the Washington Post, "Part of the film's success comes from Ariane Labed's performance as Marina, who infuses all that weirdness with a barely there vulnerability." More Reviews Below...
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (7 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: EXCELLENT "...depicts a reality in which religious and secular structures of meaning have collapsed, in which motivation is in short supply, but in which life must nonetheless go on."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 692 words, 03/09/12
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...writer-director Athina Rachel Tsangari centers her drama on a welling sense of grief and hope.... with a melancholy Godardian kick, she creates a world that's off-center..."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 245 words, 04/06/12
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "...an episodic sketch of a young woman's awakening to the agony, ecstasy, and awkwardness of the human body: so much potential for pleasure, plus the inevitability of decay and death."(See all of Karina Longworth's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 240 words, 03/07/12
Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: VERY GOOD(cg) "What a strange, moving, puzzling, funny, frustrating and ultimately absorbing film this is. Even the title intrigues."(See all of Rick Groen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 687 words, 01/21/11
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "We can't help but empathize with Marina even though she gives us almost nothing to hold on to. She's human. She needs us. She needs someone."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 235 words, 01/20/11
KEY CITIES (2 Reviews)
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: VERY GOOD(cg) "Part of the film's success comes from Ariane Labed's performance as Marina, who infuses all that weirdness with a barely there vulnerability."(See all of Stephanie Merry's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 499 words, 03/30/12
Walter Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD(cg) "The tale is episodic, which isn't a bad thing in a coming-of-age story... The film is much enhanced by the performance of Ariane Labed..."(See all of Walter Addiego's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 397 words, 04/20/12
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (5 Reviews)
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "...an episodic sketch of a young woman's awakening to the agony, ecstasy, and awkwardness of the human body: so much potential for pleasure, plus the inevitability of decay and death."(See all of Karina Longworth's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 240 words, 03/07/12
Scott Tobias, AV Club: GOOD(cg) "...approaches human nature with the hushed mystery of the Attenborough documentaries its heroine watches on TV, but its discoveries are slight."(See all of Scott Tobias's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 394 words, 03/08/12
Andrew Schenker, Slant: OUTSTANDING(cg) "A boldly conceived assemblage of diverse and seemingly random fictional materials. concerned with nothing less than those hardy perennials: sex, death, and modernity."(See all of Andrew Schenker's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 768 words, 03/22/11
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "We can't help but empathize with Marina even though she gives us almost nothing to hold on to. She's human. She needs us. She needs someone."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 235 words, 01/20/11
HIGHBROW PRESS (3 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: EXCELLENT "...depicts a reality in which religious and secular structures of meaning have collapsed, in which motivation is in short supply, but in which life must nonetheless go on."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 692 words, 03/09/12
Anthony Lane, New Yorker: VERY GOOD "...turns not to the drama of suffering (there is no howling here, and not a drop of tears) but to its tedium -- the time-stretching blankness of hospital stays, and the laziness of post-medication fatigue."(See all of Anthony Lane's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 710 words, 03/05/12
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...writer-director Athina Rachel Tsangari centers her drama on a welling sense of grief and hope.... with a melancholy Godardian kick, she creates a world that's off-center..."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 245 words, 04/06/12
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Boyd Van Hoeij, Daily Variety: VERY GOOD "...a minimalistic, rigorously controlled study of the slow awakening of an emotionally stunted 23-year-old girl.... a captivating and vaguely disturbing experience throughout..."(See all of Boyd Van Hoeij's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 689 words, 09/12/10
Duane Byrge, Hollywood Reporter: VERY GOOD "...complex and unique.... Athina Rachel Tsangari has interwoven two of life's most important facets - sex and death - in a highly unconventional but embracing manner."(See all of Duane Byrge's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 386 words, 01/25/11
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...writer-director Athina Rachel Tsangari centers her drama on a welling sense of grief and hope.... with a melancholy Godardian kick, she creates a world that's off-center..."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 245 words, 04/06/12
A.O. Scott, New York Times: EXCELLENT "...depicts a reality in which religious and secular structures of meaning have collapsed, in which motivation is in short supply, but in which life must nonetheless go on."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 692 words, 03/09/12
5.6 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Attenberg's reviews are separated by an average 5.6 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Attenberg (14 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Attenberg's reviews cover 15.5% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 6,658 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 476 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 37 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Attenberg's reviews on average broke 37 days after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Attenberg's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
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