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Beaches of Agnes (2009) Rank 3 Reviews
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Time Out
Another adorably whimsical yet casually profound documentary from France's Agnes Varda. ...read the complete Beaches of Agnes movie review at Time Out
filmcritic.com
A film that acknowledges time and age without completely giving into their grim results. ...read the complete Beaches of Agnes movie review at filmcritic.com
About.com
Varda's luminous depiction of a life lived well is entertaining, informative, and finally, inspirational. ...read the complete Beaches of Agnes movie review at About.com
The Onion A.V. Club
One anecdote unlocks another, all meant to express how the past surrounds the present, always clearly within our view. If The Beaches Of Agnès has no clear structure, that's only because neither does Varda's life-except in retrospect. ...read the complete Beaches of Agnes movie review at The Onion A.V. Club
Empire Magazine (Patrick Peters)
Scotsman (Alistair Harkness)
Daily Express (Allan Hunter)
Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)
Critic's Notebook (Robert Levin)
New York Post
After watching "The Beaches of Agnes," I am left with three impressions of Varda: She loves life, she loves cinema, and she still loves the dearly departed Demy. "He is the most cherished of the dead," she laments. ...read the complete Beaches of Agnes movie review at New York Post
Variety
By turns insightful, schmaltzy, anecdotal, critical and nostalgic. ...read the complete Beaches of Agnes movie review at Variety
Screen International
This feels like the work of an octogenarian who wishes to be leave those close to her a well rounded self-portrait to remember her by. ...read the complete Beaches of Agnes movie review at Screen International
New York Magazine
Agnes Varda manages to be full of herself without seeming... full of herself. Perhaps that's because her self is full of so much other stuff: friends, photos, films, buildings, and beaches. ...read the complete Beaches of Agnes movie review at New York Magazine
Slant Magazine
As insistently wry as it is haunting. ...read the complete Beaches of Agnes movie review at Slant Magazine
Village Voice
In a sense, Varda has done for herself what she did for Demy -- creating a work, as charming as it is touching, that serves to explicate and enrich an entire oeuvre. ...read the complete Beaches of Agnes movie review at Village Voice
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Los Angeles Times
Near the end of the documentary Varda walks inside a space she's created. The walls are constructed out of strips of film from a long-ago project that failed, she tells us, no fault of the actors. ...read the complete Beaches of Agnes movie review at Los Angeles Times
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