Recalling Minervini’s past docufiction work, the film is a show of impressionistic portraiture.
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The film is winningly defined by a peculiar admixture of national pride and self-deprecation.
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Hong Sang-soo’s film understands that the reassuring bond of community that can also be a trap.
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The film is prone to indulge in poetic intermezzos, at once earthy and otherworldly.
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This feels like the most honest, human, and heartfelt tale that Burton has told in decades.
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The film is a blackly comic romp whose parts are more compelling than the arthritic whole.
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The film is certainly chatty, yet it conveys so much through absence and suggestion.
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Rebel Ridge is a race thriller that, up to a point, is as effective as they come.
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The film lucidly reminds us of the human stakes of Israel’s resettlement of the West Bank.
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The Order stands out among bank robber films through the fervent fanaticism of its villains.
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