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Washington Post
This is dangerous, dissonant material, but writer/director David O. Russell, making his feature filmmaking debut, somehow pulls it off. Full Review
Caryn James
The New York Times
It is also the sort of astonishingly fresh and self-assured work that can make a reputation. Full Review
Hal Hinson
Washington Post
A director with a more sensationalistic temperament might have milked this last section of the picture for melodramatic effect, but Russell's direction becomes, if anything, more brisk and more clipped. Full Review
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
This is not a "nice" movie -- it deals with some pretty intense issues (like incest and suicide) -- but it is both bold and inventive, and works because of an unforced approach. Full Review
Joe Brown
Washington Post
This is dangerous, dissonant material, but writer/director David O. Russell, making his feature filmmaking debut, somehow pulls it off. Full Review
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