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Drama about a teen who moves from an idyllic lakeside NY town to his father's home in an arid Arizona suburb. Cast:Max Schaffner, Cody Hamric, Zach Cali, Aaron Buyea, Addie BartletDirector:Tim SuttonRelease Date:March 1, 2013DVD Release: TBD From:Factory 25Length:1 hr. 8 min.
Pavilion played in limited release to very good reviews. • Manohla Dargis wrote in the New York Times, "...modest, lovely... Tim Sutton tends toward quiet. And while his characters don't say a lot in these 70 ephemeral minutes, he says enough to make you wonder what's next." More Reviews Below...
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (3 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...modest, lovely... Tim Sutton tends toward quiet. And while his characters don't say a lot in these 70 ephemeral minutes, he says enough to make you wonder what's next."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 605 words, 03/01/13
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Observant but not revealing, free-form but not quite experimental... a mood piece in search of a construct.... Fortunately, what we see is often vivid and lovely..."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 217 words, 04/12/13
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "...a mood piece about teenage bodies in motion... an odd thing: a movie that manages to be immersive without being about much of anything."(See all of Ignatiy Vishnevetsky's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 573 words, 03/01/13
KEY CITIES (1 Review)
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "Sutton's approach is observation: We're not so much pulled into a narrative as watching images float in ethereal atmospheres."(See all of Tom Keogh's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 287 words, 04/19/13
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (1 Review)
Rob Humanick, Slant: VERY GOOD(cg) "Tim Sutton exhibits an instinctively natural sleight of hand... awkward and inarticulate emotions of growing up are lent quixotic vivacity..."(See all of Rob Humanick's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 400 words, 02/26/13
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...modest, lovely... Tim Sutton tends toward quiet. And while his characters don't say a lot in these 70 ephemeral minutes, he says enough to make you wonder what's next."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 605 words, 03/01/13
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Observant but not revealing, free-form but not quite experimental... a mood piece in search of a construct.... Fortunately, what we see is often vivid and lovely..."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 217 words, 04/12/13
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Peter Debruge, Variety: EXCELLENT "One doesn't necessarily recognize all the conventions of teenage-set tales until encountering a film like this... deliberately suggests a new way of observing youth."(See all of Peter Debruge's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 544 words, 03/30/12
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: VERY GOOD "Bathed in twilight and unawkward silences, it envisions an adolescence not battled or endured but simply lived, for as long as it lasts."(See all of John DeFore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 352 words, 06/29/12
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Observant but not revealing, free-form but not quite experimental... a mood piece in search of a construct.... Fortunately, what we see is often vivid and lovely..."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 217 words, 04/12/13
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...modest, lovely... Tim Sutton tends toward quiet. And while his characters don't say a lot in these 70 ephemeral minutes, he says enough to make you wonder what's next."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 605 words, 03/01/13
7.1 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Pavilion's reviews are separated by an average 7.1 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.
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Coverage:Pavilion's reviews cover 8.0% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 2,978 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 425 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 23 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Pavilion's reviews on average broke 23 days before 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 Pavilion's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
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