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43/100
Not often I get a second film from the (separate) writer and director of my current #1 during the same calendar year. (Indeed, I'm not sure this has ever happened before.)
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32/100
Arguably the best justification yet for a first-person feature, in that we not only don't need to see the protagonist but literally couldn't even were the film shot normally.
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★★½ Rewatched 08 Dec 2016
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49/100
Okay, here we go: Why I think the year's most universally acclaimed film is sorta kinda not really very good. Took a second look to be sure, both because I'm always open to the possibility that I'm wrong and because I served on a festival jury with Jenkins a couple of years ago and liked him enormously, so take no pleasure in being a contrarian here. Had exactly the same reaction, alas. In descending order of importance:
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★★★★½ Rewatched 10 Sep 2015
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83/100
Second viewing, no change. Having now professionally reviewed this film four times (for The Dissolve from Cannes, and then for the A.V. Club, the Nashville Scene, and the Las Vegas Weekly), I thought I had nothing left to say, especially since I made a point of addressing the most common criticisms. But since a bunch of folks are praising Adam Nayman's takedown for Reverse Shot, let me quickly address a few of his points.
“I have to know,” Kate…
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