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(1 - 28) of 28 OFCS Rating: 65% Fresh Page   1   6/10 "awkward story; it is just not very involving"   NutzWorld   Blake French 2.5/5 "We are invited to let the film wash over us, but its disjointed amateurism prevents that from happening with much success."   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null "Achieves a kind of visual poetry, rhapsodic and turbulent."   Philadelphia City Paper   Cynthia Fuchs 3/4 "Schnabel can take on an apparently spent genre like the biopic and produce a pair of films that ooze vitality as they give their subjects a much needed celebration."   Lawrence Journal-World   Dan Lybarger 2.5/4 "A trip to the bookstore to pick up Arenas' memoirs might be a better decision than seeking out this miscalculated character drama."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes B- "Julian Schnabel has created an emotionally penetrating look at a poet living a marginalized existence..."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz B "Can ... be confidently recommended for its powerful subject, the frequent flashes of visual beauty and horror that Schnabel achieves, and Bardem's impressive lead performance."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "Convincingly shows how freedom is the air that writers must breathe in order to fully express their creative souls."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat A "Un cri de coeur...Julian Schnabel's latest work can only be described as one of those soul-stirring cries."   Mixed Reviews   Gabriel Shanks 3/4 "An intriguing and sporadically powerful motion picture with a stellar central performance."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "Contains many well-mounted and executed individual moments that unfortunately don't seamlessly fit together into one congruous whole."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 4/10 "It seemed to exude more energy into its pretenses than the actual story."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo B- "innovative film"   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit ""Before Night Falls" isn't a great film, but it does feature a great performance from Javier Bardem, one of Spain's leading exports."   Light Views   John Larsen "Beautifully shot and exceptionally well put together, with Schnabel using numerous cinematic techniques, usually to perfection."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 3/4 "Sencillamente, una de las mejores y más emotivas cintas del año"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 1.5 ""PERPLEXING.""   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 8/10 "The film has some great imagery."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/4 "Some may find Before Night Falls boring because of its episodic nature and its lack of a single, overriding plot. But Before Night Falls has some great qualities. "   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes 2/4 "[Bardem] simply does what the script calls for him to do, which is basically sustain a look of pain for two-hours plus."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 7/10 "Paints Arenas as little more than an abstract, idealized vision."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 2.5/4 Read review   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 2.5/4 Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf Read review   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Jonathan F. Richards Read review   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest Read review   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline Read review   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford Read review   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Susan Granger  (1 - 28) of 28 OFCS Rating: 65% Fresh Page   1