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(1 - 44) of 44 OFCS Rating: 74% Fresh Page   1   "The dramatic scheme is to show how two people ... intersect "tragically," but what we see is a group of characters who act as wrongheadedly and intransigently as imaginable."   Blogcritics.org   Alan Dale 4/5 "Una espiral dramática de desalojo en múltiples contextos."   Cinenganos   Alex Ramirez A "An intense drama with a brilliant performance by Ben Kingsley."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark C "Kingsley's astonishing performance is wasted in this otherwise overlong, overwrought, and overcooked mess-o-drama."   AboutFilm.com   Carlo Cavagna C "A lack of empathetic characters cripples this poorly paced but well acted drama about an Iranian family who purchase a city-auctioned bungalow in Northern California after its former tenant has been unjustly evicted."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey C "Sir Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly provide memorable performances, but this morose film is far too boring and depressing to recommend."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 3.5/4 "The House of Sand and Fog is clearly one of the best films of the year, but probably won't be recognized come award season due to the downbeat nature of the story."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C+ "There was nothing left to think about after all the dust cleared, just another movie that got eaten up in the Bay Area fog."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 7/10 "House of Sand and Fog is an intense, thought- provoking movie experience"   Draxblog Movie Reviews   Dragan Antulov 3/4 "For viewers courageous enough to withstand the bleakest of stories and the most cynical of outcomes, House of Sand and Fog is a challenging motion picture."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman .5/4 "The war between America and the Middle East is in full metaphoric force in Vadim Perelman’s ridiculous eviction melodrama House of Sand and Fog."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez A "An important indictment against intolerance of all kinds, and an exceptional work whose very subject will likely scare off the very audiences who need to see it the most."   FilmJerk.com   Edward Havens 3/5 "A pesar de los excesos del libreto, la película atrapa gracias a la notable dirección de Perelman, apoyada sobre todo en la impecable fotografía de Roger Deakins (...)"   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio A- "The human drama captured in this film is some of the most poignant and insightful of the year.... Even in improbable situations, these characters feel like real people."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3.5/4 "House of Sand and Fog is spellbinding in its storytelling and chest-collapsing in its horror. It’s a difficult film to watch and a far-more thorny one to walk out of. "   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress A- "Thoughtful, disturbing storytelling."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov B "Elegantly somber...it fails to paint both sides of its central dispute with the same degree of success, but it builds considerable cumulative power."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 5/5 "An engrossing drama about the downward mobility of a recovering alcoholic and the yearning for upward mobility of an Iranian immigrant. "   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat B- "A poignant presentation of the unanswerable question...can America, and Americans, live up to the ideals (and ideologies) it sets for itself?"   Mixed Reviews   Gabriel Shanks 3.5/4 "Gripping and unforgettable."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/5 "Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley shine despite a few unvarnished rough spots in this human drama."   Netflix   James Rocchi 8/10 "Not easy to sit through, but it has something worthwhile to communicate and strong actors who go all out to communicate it."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 4/5 "I "only" give it Matinee rating because when all is said and done, the story didn't end up anywhere, nor did the characters grow or change in any way."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 2.25/5 "Turning into a twisted pretzel, House of Sand and Fog becomes a melodrama straining to make its point."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner A "Kingsley's subtle acting style is lifted to blissfully new heights in the first half of the film, where he often does nothing but focus his intense glare on a subject."   FilmStew.com   Larry Carroll B+ "Russian born Perelman has given ... more fully to the foreigner..., but the universal desire for land ownership has never been more lamentably depicted."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 9/10 "What is probably the best-written film of the year functions as a thriller and as a human drama."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 1.5/4 "Not nearly as interesting or nuanced as it seems to think it is"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "Is there anything that makes you want to scream more than a film that’s this full of its own gravity and import?"   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson B "It fails to sustain a sense of tragic inevitability and that prevents it from being truly involving. "   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow B "Partially successful."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 5/5 "Triste e moralmente complexo, o filme se encaixa com perfeição no Grande Tema de 2003: o drama familiar."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 3.5/5 "Could have been even more compelling with a less heavy-handed approach to the material."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "While the plot of the film is not very believable, three great actors give performances deserving of Oscar consideration."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B+ "...cannot fault the fine craftwork done both in front of and behind the camera. Kingsley is on my short list for best actor."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 5/5 "House of Sand and Fog is the diametric opposite of stuff like Enough and Double Jeopardy, and I mean that as a very large compliment."   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg 3/5 "Is House anti-American? Possibly."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell 1.5/4 "Difficult to gauge on its own merits given the typically invasive grandiosity of another abominable James Horner score."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 7/10 Read review   Movie Gazette   Anton Bitel 3/4 Read review   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 6/10 Read review   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 9/10 Read review   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger Read review   Nitrate Online   Cynthia Fuchs  (1 - 44) of 44 OFCS Rating: 74% Fresh Page   1