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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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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
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Film Blather
Eugene Novikov
2.5/4
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Palo Alto Weekly
Jeanne Aufmuth
4/4
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Big Picture Big Sound
Joe Lozito
4/5
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John A. Nesbit
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Montreal Film Journal
Kevin N. Laforest
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