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08/24/12 |
Moderate |
"...doesn't deliver much insight into Hank Williams or the lifestyle that killed him. And while there are some sweet moments, it's riddled with clichés..." |
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07/27/12 |
Very Good |
"You don't get the sense that Demme is drilling down the way Young does in his songs, but is mostly along for the ride... it's a pleasant enough journey." |
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08/26/11 |
Outstanding |
"...a serendipitous peek into history: the documentary treasure 'Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place.' " |
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07/15/11 |
Outstanding |
"Local residents talk of being displaced by floods and of family members dying at abnormally high rates from cancer, thanks to poisoned water supplies." |
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04/15/11 |
Weak |
"...a wooden, deadly boring dud... the sort of mood Mike Leigh handles so well, but, unlike Leigh, director Matt McCormick fails to generate interest in the fate of his characters." |
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10/21/10 |
Very Good |
"Jesse Bernstein's very public lifestyle as a tortured poète maudit -- the Emerald City's own Charles Bukowski -- earned him a fond niche on Seattle's art and grunge-rock scenes." |
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10/15/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...though the film is a trifle dull, one does come away with a sense of Gould as a human being, rather than the very odd, abrasive and opinionated outlier..." |