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67
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Critic Score

62
Critics' score based on 14 reviews.
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Swinton is an actress of rare grace and talent, even as she allows herself as the character to appear raw, drunk, and unappealing. In this difficult role (the film is moving but flawed), she makes th... is melodrama into a compelling story. One of the best actresses alive today. Full Review

December 19, 2009
KrasnerD

not that good

September 1, 2009
NerdFiction
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Tilda Swinton hasn't often been more fascinating than in Julia, a nerve-wracking thriller with a twisty plot and startling realism.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

In tone and plot, Julia often resembles an extended episode of the AMC series "Breaking Bad"--except that Swinton's character is never NOT bad.Full Review

Noel Murray
The Onion A.V. Club

As Julia, Swinton belongs to that league of great cinematic alcoholics such as Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick in "Days of Wine and Roses" and Ray Milland in "The Lost Weekend." As an action character, she naturally evokes Gena Rowlands without ever trying to resemble her.Full Review

The Hollywood Reporter

As Julia, Swinton belongs to that league of great cinematic alcoholics such as Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick in "Days of Wine and Roses" and Ray Milland in "The Lost Weekend." As an action character, she naturally evokes Gena Rowlands without ever trying to resemble her.Full Review

Gregory Valens
The Hollywood Reporter

Ms. Swinton demands to be seen even when her character is on a self-annihilating bender so real that you can almost smell the stink rising off her. So I sat in my seat, cursed the screen and was grateful to watch an actress at the height of her expressive power claw toward greatness.Full Review

Manohla Dargis
The New York Times
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