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Boxoffice Magazine
Andrea Dunbar's portrait here is unforgiving; comparable to Joan Crawford in "Mommy Dearest" or Tobias Wolff's brass-knuckled dad in "This Boy's Life." Full Review
Anna Smith
Empire
Moving, bold, unconventional and impeccably staged, The Arbor is a worthy tribute to a powerfully artistic voice. Full Review
Anthony Lane
The New Yorker
Barnard's film, as if nervous of being felled by the straightforward, sinewy thump of Dunbar's writing, ducks and weaves in a series of sly approaches. [2 May 2011, p. 89] Full Review
Eric Kohn
indieWIRE
The cumulative impact of The Arbor is one of claustrophobia; at times, the endlessly downbeat adventures of Dunbar and her offspring grow almost unbearably morose. Full Review
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
Barnard makes the psychological mayhem Dunbar endured and inflicted tangible. Full Review
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