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(1 - 50) of 50 OFCS Rating: 96% Fresh Page   1   8/10 "As a pure exercise in recreation, Far From Heaven will astound you, and I would recommend it purely as a feast for the eyes."   Modamag.com   Brian Orndorf 4/5 "Innumerable moments of pure genius"   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null 85/100 "A wondrous note-perfect homage to the moviemakers of the 1950s"   Apollo Guide   Dan Jardine 3/4 "...a biting and gorgeous social commentary saddled somewhere between dramatic brilliance and narrative miscalculation..."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes 2.5/4 "Deliberately and devotedly constructed, Far from Heaven is too picture postcard perfect, too neat and new pin-like, too obviously a recreation to resonate."   Movie Boeuf   David N. Butterworth 2/4 "Far From Heaven is the sort of film the term "ambitious failure" was coined for."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair A- "The film can be regaled alone just for its magnificently rich color tones."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/4 "Consistently beautiful to look at and thematically daring, Far From Heaven remains unlike any other film you are sure to see this year."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 4/4 "This remarkable film's final shot evokes a changing season and perhaps a changing cultural tide."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez "Lejos del paraíso es al mismo tiempo una fiesta para los ojos y oídos y un movilizador cuadro de personajes enfrentados a sus propios deseos, miedos y prejuicios."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio A "Haynes has tapped into that most tragic of ideas -- forbidden love -- and mined some excellent melodrama from it."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3.5/4 "From the big giant titles of the opening credits to Elmer Bernstein’s perfectly melodic score, Haynes gets just about everything right."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress A- "This kind of project often becomes merely a film school exercise; Far From Heaven is much more."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 3.5/4 "Far From Heaven touches upon the right overtones and diligently executes its story with the right strokes that made Sirk’s rousing cinematic expositions so potently effective and wry in the mid to late 1950’s."   TheWorldJournal.com   Frank Ochieng A "A small miracle of a film, a pitch-perfect homage to American films of the fifties that becomes genuinely moving in its own right...elegant and astonishingly eloquent."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "A remarkably alluring film set in the constrictive Eisenhower era about one suburban woman's yearning in the face of a loss that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat A+ "A minor miracle - exquisitely executed in almost every artistic and technical detail."   Mixed Reviews   Gabriel Shanks 3.5/4 "A powerful and telling story that examines forbidden love, racial tension, and other issues that are as valid today as they were in the 1950s."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/4 "quite simply, a marvelous film"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 5/5 "The gloss of the 1950s gets a deeper, darker look in this triumph of style and substance from writer-director Todd Haynes."   Netflix   James Rocchi 3/4 "Todd Haynes goes out on a limb to make his point, sometimes in inches but more often miles."   Aufmuth.com   Jeanne Aufmuth 10/10 "Made with a lot of love -- love for Sirk, love for detail, and love for the power of the movies."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen A "Haynes uses the antiquated style without winking, and begs questions of whether a modern filmmaker can actually recreate Sirk without reinventing it in the process. Fused through Haynes’s modern sensibility it becomes something Other."   Matinee Magazine   Jeremiah Kipp 4/4 "Underneath all of the stylization that Haynes employs, we realize little has fundamentally changed today, and when that happens any of the ironic distance that we felt early on disintegrates completely."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman 7.5/10 "Compelling and engaging without coming off as preachy or melodramatic, the film is solidly told from start to finish."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 8/10 "Definitely one to catch for anyone who enjoys inventive takes on film, gorgeous looking movies and personal struggles from another era."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo A "The shallow can still view the 50s as 'Happy Days,' but more thoughtful people will remember them as Haynes visualizes"   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit 3.5/4 "'Estupendamente actuada, sumamente emotiva y profundamente humana, es una experiencia fílmica imposible de olvidar'"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 5/5 "A delightfully complex movie made in the style of the simplistic, idealistic technicolor 1950?s film, though not about the '50's."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery "I admire the heck out of “Far From Heaven”, I just wish I could embrace it more heartily."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest A "Forget about one Oscar nomination for Julianne Moore this year - she should get all five."   Countingdown.com   Larry Carroll A+ "[Haynes'] homage to such films as "All That Heaven Allows" and "Imitation of Life" transcends them. Simply put, "Far From Heaven" is a masterpiece."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/4 "Alternately poignant and artificial."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 4/4 "A film that ought to be seen up close, because there is a lot going on in the details"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "[Close] in its intent, in its daring, and in its success to Raiders of the Lost Ark... it’s the unshakeable love of a damn fine moviegoing experience that gives both films their real meaning."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 4/4 "By filtering the subject matter through the form of old movies - which buried such ideas under subtle insinuation - Todd Haynes has produced an enlightening and vastly entertaining masterpiece."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ "Moore and Quaid give performances of breathtaking sensitivity and courage."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 5/5 "Nothing short of genius, a film of near flawless perfection that addresses its themes with an unspoken subtlety and features revelatory, heart-stopping performances."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 4/5 "An obsessive triumph of design and tribute, beautifully acted ... but this stuff was somehow more fun in the '50s."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves B "While the story is not terribly compelling, this movie is great to look at and the acting is very good."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten A "Rarely does there come along a movie of such quality on so many levels."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford B+ "A polite, authentic Smithsonian exhibit on deception and broken marriages."   Eclipse Magazine   Sean O'Connell 8/10 "With Julianne Moore, the quality you can always count on is intelligence as she delivers a raw, riveting performance, while Dennis Quaid captures the insecurity and pain inherent in the husband."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 4/4 "It isn't that the picture is unfamiliar, but that it manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 4/4 "Julianne Moore delivers a career-high performance in this stirring portrait of a tortured fifties housewife."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell "Click here to read review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf "It's all about surface, or more precisely, the damage that surface does."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito Read review   In the Dark   Jonathan F. 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