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(1 - 19) of 19 OFCS Rating: 47% Rotten Page   1   C- "The movie can be looked on for its incidental evidence of everything wrong with American capitalist obsessed ideology."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "But even as Prize Winner goes through these odd motions to set Evelyn's taxing context and her admirable survival, its most extraordinary moment turns surreal."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs B+ "Julianne Moore delivers another hard-hitting performance as a 1950s housewife – and despite being too earnest to be entirely believable, it’s a highly rewarding film."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher C+ "The script just dulls out."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz C+ "Just a run-of-the-mill homage to motherhood lifted from the ordinary only by Moore's natural radiance, and in the end that's not quite enough."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3.5/4 "Julianne Moore is sure to hear Oscar calling for her captivating performance as 1950s housewife Evelyn Ryan, who raised ten kids on twenty-five words or less."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 5/10 "No knocks on its interesting true story; I just wish it had something more to give of itself on screen than just dolled-up domestic dramedy."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen "What was wrong with it? Well, I can tell you in two words: Woody Harrelson."   Pajiba   Jeremy C. Fox B- "Julianne Moore caps her trifecta of 1950's housewives...the picture of unfailing optimism and persistent strength, an amateur psychoanalyst and manipulator of male behavior"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "[W]hip[s] hardship into a nutrition-free froth of nostalgia and facile charm: it’s The Wonder Years as produced by Good Housekeeping magazine."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson B "Moore's radiant performance does for this movie what the real-life Ryan's "contest-ing" did for her family in the 1950's -- it holds it together with mesmerizing grace."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 3.5/5 "Moore delivers one of the best performances of 2005"   Filmcritic.com   Pete Croatto 3.5/5 "Moore delivers one of the best performances of 2005."   Filmcritic.com   Pete Croatto C "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio carries no surprises in its too sweet telling of 50’s family life."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "Even though Prize Winner ultimately asks us to swallow that golfball-size happy pill, Anderson and her not-so-secret weapon Moore are actually clawing their way toward something deeper and far more complex than a cheerful, embroidered slogan."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek B+ "[Offers] an almost subversively idealistic subtext to a now-familiar ritual exposé of the American dream."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 6/10 "Talk about desperate, long-suffering housewives! This poignant, syrupy domestic saga, set in the Betty Crocker '50s, borders in being infuriating."   Modamag.com   Susan Granger 2.5/4 "Moore is such a warm and vibrant presence that she alone makes the movie worth seeing."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight 1/5 Read review   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski  (1 - 19) of 19 OFCS Rating: 47% Rotten Page   1