The Secret Lives of Dentists Critic Reviews

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Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

Don't let unpleasant personal dental associations stand in the way of seeing a luminous specimen of independent filmmaking.Read the full review

Washington Post | Ann HornadayAdd Critic to Favorites

Small, quiet movie that imperceptibly takes its viewers by their throats and doesn't let goRead the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites

A stylish work from an accomplished, sophisticated filmmaker that bristles with intelligence and gleams with Scott's and Davis' multifaceted, astutely judged portrayals.Read the full review

Wall Street Journal | Joe MorgensternAdd Critic to Favorites

This portrait of a failing marriage is one of the summer's great discoveries, and a marvel of mercurial intimacy.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites

May not be the best movie ever made about the perils of family life, but it is among the most ruthlessly comic.Read the full review

USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

An excellent adaptation of a wonderful work of fiction (The Age of Grief).Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

Scott and Davis could not be better. You're in for something special.Read the full review

The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites

Intensely appealing.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott TobiasAdd Critic to Favorites

With Scott playing the perfect foil to Leary's exasperated sage, the fantasy sequences are hilariously caustic, but as they accumulate more rapidly, the distinction between real and imagined situations becomes disturbingly vague.Read the full review

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

Roundly entertaining.Read the full review

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