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Seriously?! I was so excited to see this movie, especially after watching the trailer and reading the reviews. All I can is, the reviews have GOT to be Yarmulke effect. Of course any jewish earns a few brownies, but come on. The movie is definitely lacking. Just to be fair Jordan Gelber performed well, but that is not enough to make this movie worth this hype at all.
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The plot's problem is insoluble: There is no honest ending for Abe other than a completely undramatic continuation of the trapped life he has lived so far. So we get narrative disjunction and a limp conclusion instead of the brilliant reversal of formula that was promised. Full Review
A.O. Scott
The New York Times
Mr. Solondz brilliantly - triumphantly - turns this impression on its head, transforming what might have been an exercise in easy satirical cruelty into a tremendously moving argument for the necessity of compassion. Full Review
Amy Biancolli
San Francisco Chronicle
The combative, off-putting Dark Horse features many of writer-director Todd Solondz's usual preoccupations: misery, complexity, stunted emotions, misplaced dreams. Full Review
David Edelstein
New York Magazine (Vulture)
You could never call Solondz a humanist, but he achieves something I've never seen elsewhere: compassionate revulsion. Full Review
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine
Yesterday, Solondz blocking the screen meant something, even if it was just his own petulance. Today, a blurred sign only signifies his capitulation to peer pressure. Full Review
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