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Alynda Wheat, People: VERY GOOD (cg) "The story is uneven, but the full-bodied performances slowly, patiently draw us in..." (Read the full review...) 110 words, 03/01/12 Mary Pols, Time: GOOD "...bleak but moving... I'm so used to being not just over Robert De Niro, but actively annoyed by him, that being touched by his portrayal of Jonathan was a shock." (Read the full review...) 1,005 words, 03/02/12 Christy Lemire, Associated Press: MODERATE (cg) "De Niro's taking big bites out of one of the meatier and more serious roles he's had in a while; Dano, meanwhile, is dialed down... these disparate performances undermine the cohesion and flow..." (Read the full review...) 190 words, 03/01/12 Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: MODERATE (cg) "...based on Nick Flynn's memoir 'Another Bullshit Night in Suck City,' never convinces you its central relationship is authentic. It just seems like another bullshit indie set in Suck City." (Read the full review...) 217 words, 03/02/12 Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: VERY GOOD (cg) "...an uneven but undeniably powerful film from writer and director Paul Weitz.... aches with sadness." (Read the full review...) 277 words, 03/02/12 Claudia Puig, USA Today: MODERATE (cg) "...dishes out plenty of misery, but never satisfies by delving beneath the surface." (Read the full review...) 481 words, 03/02/12 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: VERY GOOD (cg) "What's admirable about 'Being Flynn' is that it doesn't cave in to the standard Hollywood redemption formulas... It's more complicated than that." (Read the full review...) 885 words, 03/09/12 Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies: WEAK (cg) "I was rather disappointed at how thoroughly Hollywoodized the material is... the excellent cast itself sometimes falls short. But not as much as the people behind the camera." (Read the full review...) 739 words, 02/28/12
A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD "There is honest feeling, genuine humanity and real intelligence in this movie, but there is also a sense of caution, of indecisiveness, that undermines its potential power..." (Read the full review...) 795 words, 03/02/12 Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: WEAK (cg) "Paul Weitz - who did a great job adapting Nick Hornby's 'About a Boy' into an affecting 2002 movie - can't bring the pieces together here." (Read the full review...) 442 words, 03/02/12 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times/Chicago Tribune: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...for all its good intentions and talented performers and filmmakers, the film leaves you feeling as if everyone is trying a little too hard. Sometimes, less really is more." (Read the full review...) 589 words, 03/02/12 Lou Lumenick, New York Post: WEAK (cg) "...there's the pretentious narration delivered alternately by father and son, which probably worked much better on the printed page." (Read the full review...) 619 words, 03/02/12 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: VERY GOOD (cg) "Sensitive and insightful, with a particularly strong performance from the underrated Paul Dano." (Read the full review...) 344 words, 03/16/12 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "What's admirable about 'Being Flynn' is that it doesn't cave in to the standard Hollywood redemption formulas... It's more complicated than that." (Read the full review...) 885 words, 03/09/12 Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "What the actors are unable to get across emotionally, writer/director Paul Weitz hammers home via near-constant music." (Read the full review...) 460 words, 02/29/12 Peter Howell, Toronto Star: MODERATE (cg) "It's ironic that a movie about two erstwhile writers, both dying to express themselves, should have so little to say." (Read the full review...) 345 words, 03/16/12 Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...the film gets the emphasis wrong. The success that has many fathers is altogether predictable; it's the despicable orphan of failure who has us in his thrall." (Read the full review...) 678 words, 03/16/12 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: WEAK (cg) "We're supposed to be watching the younger man come to terms with his father and himself, but his dad keeps sucking all the air out of the room." (Read the full review...) 148 words, 03/15/12
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: MODERATE (cg) "...mostly well-crafted... A little more nuance would benefit the film, which eventually starts to feel belabored..." (Read the full review...) 489 words, 03/09/12 Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: VERY GOOD (cg) "Weitz is a gifted visual storyteller who compresses a lot of emotional information into wordless sequences.... his lost boys and lost adults find themselves in the awkward dance of intimacy." (Read the full review...) 580 words, 03/16/12 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: VERY GOOD (cg) "The understated Dano and forceful De Niro feel worlds apart... Their awkward banter is the stiff conversation of near-strangers." (Read the full review...) 424 words, 03/23/12 Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: VERY GOOD (cg) "The story is gripping, compelling. One wonders what De Niro might have done with such a role 30, 35 years ago. De Niro -- whatever happened to him?" (Read the full review...) 623 words, 03/16/12 Ty Burr, Boston Globe: MODERATE (cg) "Mostly memorable for the sight of a once-great actor rousing himself to a performance the movie itself isn't prepared to handle." (Read the full review...) 566 words, 03/09/12 Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: VERY GOOD (cg) "...it briefly brings us into the middle of a homeless hell. But it never lets us forget that we still have our own housekeys, safely in our pocket." (Read the full review...) 647 words, 03/02/12 Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: POOR (cg) "Watching 'Being Flynn' is a little like being a family therapist, without getting paid but rather paying for the privilege." (Read the full review...) 530 words, 03/09/12 John Hartl, Seattle Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "For a movie that deals with suicide, homelessness and cocaine addiction, writer-director Paul Weitz's latest family drama feels strangely bland." (Read the full review...) 310 words, 03/16/12 Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian: EXCELLENT (cg) "...a smart, sweet, pained, and heartfelt film about promise and ruin and hope and despair and human failings and the blessings of connection and creativity." (Read the full review...) 434 words, 03/16/12 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: VERY GOOD (cg) "He might be guilty of showboating, but De Niro's knockout performance is a declaration that the star of 'Raging Bull' isn't ready to hang up his gloves." (Read the full review...) 315 words, 03/16/12
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "What the actors are unable to get across emotionally, writer/director Paul Weitz hammers home via near-constant music." (Read the full review...) 460 words, 02/29/12 Katey Rich, Cinema Blend: EXCELLENT (cg) "Weitz allows for real life's quirks while telling a smoothly paced, engaging story that nicely blends its literary roots with a cinematic style." (Read the full review...) 592 words, 03/01/12 Thomas Page McBee, Boston Phoenix: VERY GOOD (cg) "Weitz's ear for this is pitch-perfect, particularly when it comes to the main tension of the story: is Flynn destined to turn out like his old man?" (Read the full review...) 619 words, 03/08/12 Tasha Robinson, AV Club: VERY GOOD (cg) "...the film's tricky style, which plays with time, voice, and expectations, goes a long way toward spinning intrigue out of a story that could have been cloying and flatly manipulative in other hands." (Read the full review...) 591 words, 03/01/12 Cynthia Fuchs, Pop Matters: POOR (cg) "Wes Studi is excellent, and you need to savor his moments on screen because they will be few." (Read the full review...) 872 words, 03/02/12 Stephanie Zacharek, Movieline: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...no doubt this is an attempt at something painful and genuine... it's a movie that's always thinking out loud, leaving us waiting, and waiting, for it to take action." (Read the full review...) 1,010 words, 03/01/12 R. Kurt Osenlund, Slant: POOR (cg) "DeNiro plays nothing more than a poorly fleshed-out, redemption-bound quack..." (Read the full review...) 743 words, 02/27/12 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: WEAK (cg) "We're supposed to be watching the younger man come to terms with his father and himself, but his dad keeps sucking all the air out of the room." (Read the full review...) 148 words, 03/15/12
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "The premise is promising... The language is interesting, for a while... I'm not sorry I bought into the drama as I did. I just wish my willingness to believe hadn't been thwarted." (Read the full review...) 279 words, 03/02/12 A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD "There is honest feeling, genuine humanity and real intelligence in this movie, but there is also a sense of caution, of indecisiveness, that undermines its potential power..." (Read the full review...) 795 words, 03/02/12 Bob Mondello, NPR: VERY GOOD "It's easy to imagine the story turning precious in the wrong hands, but Weitz and his cast spin it just right..." (Read the full review...) 408 words, 03/03/12 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...for all its good intentions and talented performers and filmmakers, the film leaves you feeling as if everyone is trying a little too hard. Sometimes, less really is more." (Read the full review...) 589 words, 03/02/12
Peter Debruge, Daily Variety: GOOD "...a moving, if somewhat maudlin adaptation of author Nick Flynn's memoir that takes interesting stylistic chances suggested by the virtuosity of its source." (Read the full review...) 904 words, 02/20/12 Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter: VERY GOOD "The sources of the film's gratifying equilibrium would seem to lie equally with the carefully balanced structure of Weitz's script and Paul Dano's restrained but open-hearted performance." (Read the full review...) 1,030 words, 02/20/12 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...for all its good intentions and talented performers and filmmakers, the film leaves you feeling as if everyone is trying a little too hard. Sometimes, less really is more." (Read the full review...) 589 words, 03/02/12 A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD "There is honest feeling, genuine humanity and real intelligence in this movie, but there is also a sense of caution, of indecisiveness, that undermines its potential power..." (Read the full review...) 795 words, 03/02/12 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "The premise is promising... The language is interesting, for a while... I'm not sorry I bought into the drama as I did. I just wish my willingness to believe hadn't been thwarted." (Read the full review...) 279 words, 03/02/12
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