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Movie Overview
Cast
• Laura Linney
• Mark Ruffalo
• Matthew Broderick
Director
• Kenneth Lonergan
MPAA Rating
R - language, some drug use and a scene of sexuality
You Can Count on Me (2000)

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OFCS Rating: 92% Fresh
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100/100
"La película está tan maravillosamente bien escrita y narrada, que al salir de la sala se respira un aire de esperanza..."  Cinenganos  Alex Ramirez

A-
"This film offers a literate script and is sensitively directed, it's a brilliant debut as a director for playwright Kenneth Lonergan."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

3/4
"Some of its best moments are so painfully familiar that their overall theatricality is easily forgiven."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

B+
"A smart movie with a lot of love behind it."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

A-
"By all means, seek out this jewel of a movie."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

4/5
"One of the best films in many a moon about the passions siblings call forth from each other."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3/4
"A pleasant motion picture, offering a solid evening's worth of entertainment."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

3.5/4
"works well at conveying complex familial relations"  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

3/4
"It compares poorly to stuff like Five Easy Pieces."  MovieMartyr.com  Jeremy Heilman

"Completely engaging."  Screen It!  Jim Judy

8/10
"One to see."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

"Lonergan creates characters that live and breathe. They say and do things that matter, not only to them, but to the audience."  Light Views  John Larsen

"One heck of a great film."  Planet Sick-Boy  Jon Popick

3
"It is a rarity to find a film willing to tell a story through an exploration of the relationship, the romance, between a brother and a sister."  Bangitout.com  Jordan Hiller

5
"This is a subtle, moving film, with great performances and a deceptively clever screenplay. I'm not educated enough to do justice to the brilliance of this film."  Cinerina  Karina Montgomery

8/10
"The cast is terrific and true."  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

9/10
"Beautifully acted."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

3.5/4
"It is a simple, low-budget film that succeeds because of a great script and good performances."  Movie Habit  Marty Mapes

4/5
"There was an emotional reality that I admired."  Goatdog's Movies  Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

"Hollywood doesn't usually make films about brothers and sisters and I can understand why. Who would want to watch a story about me bickering with my sister?"  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

9/10
"A drama that embraces the ambiguities and contradictions of family ties and human nature in all its irrational glory."  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  Sean Axmaker

4/5
Read review  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

2.5/4
Read review  Palo Alto Weekly  Jeanne Aufmuth

4/4
Read review  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito

4/5
Read review  ToxicUniverse.com  John A. Nesbit

Read review  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

Read review  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

Read review  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Susan Granger
OFCS Rating: 92% Fresh
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