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You Can Count On Me (2000) Rank 4 Reviews
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Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Cinema Signals (--)
Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)
Unconditional love is a beautiful theory, Lonergan suggests, but putting it into practice can be exasperating. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
This film offers a literate script and is sensitively directed, it's a brilliant debut as a director for playwright Kenneth Lonergan. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)
A spare [but witty] rumination on the interconnectedness of independent life and dependent family -- how we all need a place to drop anchor and exhale. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)
efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
...feels as natural as a conversation between two people who have known each other their whole lives. One of the year's best. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
By all means, seek out this jewel of a movie. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
A fountain of narrative surprise. You never know where this thing is going. And it's such a pleasure to tag along with these characters. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
It's rare to get a good movie about the touchy adult relationship of a sister and brother. Rarer still for the director to be more fascinated by the process than the outcome. This is one of the best movies of the year. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Toronto Star (--)
You Can Count On Me is one of the best movies to see this year. But more than that, it's also one of the best to simply listen to. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Toronto Star (--)
Chris Jarmick (--)
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
Men on Film (Michael J. Legeros)
Scott Mantz' Movie Reviews (Scott A. Mantz)
Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)
ReelMovieCritic.com (George O. Singleton)
Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
Cinenganos (Alex Ramirez)
La película está tan maravillosamente bien escrita y narrada, que al salir de la sala se respira un aire de esperanza... ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Cinenganos (Alex Ramirez)
Slate (David Edelstein)
The best American movie of the year. Has a subtext so powerful that it reaches out and pulls you under. Even when the surface is tranquil, you know in your guts what's at stake. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Slate (David Edelstein)
San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer)
It's simply a quiet and heartbreaking look at the dynamics of one family. That's the beauty of it. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer)
Orlando Weekly (Theresa Everline)
Linney and Ruffalo deliver wonderful performances. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Orlando Weekly (Theresa Everline)
Boston Globe (Jay Carr)
Satisfying in every respect, it's a piece of blue-collar chamber music, never treating the characters cheaply, allowing them a complex entwinement of emotions. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Boston Globe (Jay Carr)
Film Written Magazine (Jaime N. Christley)
Here's a lovely little movie, perfect in every way I can think of. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Film Written Magazine (Jaime N. Christley)
Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)
The best domestic comedy-drama in ages, a genuine American beauty without all the flash of American Beauty . ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)
Film Journal International (Daniel Eagan)
A surprising film that will reward patient viewers. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Film Journal International (Daniel Eagan)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The characters in You Can Count on Me have been freed from the formulas of fiction and set loose to live lives where they screw up, learn from their mistakes and bumble hopefully into the future. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Movie Insider (John Sylva)
Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)
Lonergan serves his superb screenplay well. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)
Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Beautiful, compassionate, articulate domestic drama. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer)
It's simply a quiet and heartbreaking look at the dynamics of one family. That's the beauty of it. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer)
AboutFilm.com (Dana Knowles)
Few things are more difficult than bringing the ordinary into focus with the sort of grace and quirky specificity that Lonergan achieves. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at AboutFilm.com (Dana Knowles)
Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)
A smart movie with a lot of love behind it. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)
Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
It's a movie about having a sibling and all of the pain, joy, love and anxiety that that entails: a movie, in other words, for almost everyone. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)
A drama that embraces the ambiguities and contradictions of family ties and human nature in all its irrational glory. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)
Film.com (Peter Brunette)
One of the best pictures I've seen all year. Funny, touching, even inspiring at times. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Film.com (Peter Brunette)
Time (Richard Schickel)
Maybe these lives are, objectively speaking, inconsequential. But they have a resonance that big, sappy "relationship" pictures ought to envy. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Time (Richard Schickel)
Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
Dallas Observer (Bill Gallo)
In this modest but brilliant little movie, we find ourselves immersed in life itself. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Dallas Observer (Bill Gallo)
Film.com (Elizabeth Weitzman)
It's a rare thrill -- in this cinematically hollow year. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Film.com (Elizabeth Weitzman)
Variety (Emanuel Levy)
A sensitive, intimate, enormously touching drama. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Variety (Emanuel Levy)
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (--)
New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
This is a movie to cherish. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Movielocity (Blake Kunisch)
You Can Count on Me is funny at times, sentimental at others, and equally impressively acted and scripted throughout. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Movielocity (Blake Kunisch)
Hollywood Hostel (Tim Chandler)
taps into that special bond between family members that no one can ever fully break. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Hollywood Hostel (Tim Chandler)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)
Only a few minutes into it, and we feel like we've known and cared about these people all of our lives. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)
A drama that embraces the ambiguities and contradictions of family ties and human nature in all its irrational glory. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)
The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Melancholy little gem of a movie. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Hollywood Hostel (Al Franken)
Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
One of the most rewarding and engaging movies of the year. Don't miss it. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
A small but moving film that gets the details right (life in a sleepy burg, sidewalk chats between old high school pals) and gets at the heart of human longing for family, for love. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Tone, tact, balance, wit and charm given force by substance -- it's rare to find that in a movie. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Seattle Times (John Hartl)
Offers as rich and satisfying an emotional experience as any film this year. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Seattle Times (John Hartl)
FilmHead.com (Matt Heffernan)
Newsday (John Anderson)
Gives us not so much a slice of reality as a big picture window, polished and gleaming, through which we can see things that matter. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Newsday (John Anderson)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
works well at conveying complex familial relations ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
It is a simple, low-budget film that succeeds because of a great script and good performances. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Cinema-Scene.com (David Perry)
You Can Count on Me is a human drama that never lets itself become a manipulative tear jerker. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Cinema-Scene.com (David Perry)
Reel.com (Tor Thorsen)
A simple, beautiful story. ...read the complete You Can Count On Me movie review at Reel.com (Tor Thorsen)
rec.arts.movies.reviews (Bob Bloom)
Hollywood.com (--)
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