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04/01/09 |
Excellent |
 "...provocative... raises pointed issues about con artists and their sometimes-culpable 'victims,' and also speaks to the elusive pursuit of documentary truth." |
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04/09/09 |
Excellent |
"Broinowski seems as captivated by Khouri's cunning and charisma as her victims were... one of the deepest pleasures is watching Broinowski's struggle to resist her subject..." |
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06/03/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a triumph for the actors, particularly Bello, and the harsh lighting, handheld camera, and schizoid electronic soundtrack sink us further into a sense of vertigo and despair." |
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06/04/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...when you peel away this film's complex performances, at the core of its drawn-out suicide spectacle is pain so extreme, so alienating, and, in the end, so pointless." |
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Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
07/09/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...the jump cuts and nonlinear narrative are gratuitously stylish..." |
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07/15/09 |
Good |
 "Despite this tri-part farcical thriller's plot construction, some hackneyed dialogue and actorial mugging, you can't help but eagerly anticipate the finale, when Montias brings his intersecting storylines together." |
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07/29/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...would be just another disposable, albeit touching, distraction if its subtext didn't hint that growing old in this ageist society is a bitch." |
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08/20/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...fascinating biographical snippets of the lives of all 13 members in their primes arrive midway to remind us that even the youngest and hippest among us grow old..." |
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08/26/09 |
Very Good |
 "...this real-life drama and its vast setting demand to be experienced on the big, instead of the little screen -- men go overboard, skiffs go missing, and the long arm of the law threatens in this lean, sharply directed film." |
