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(1 - 15) of 15 OFCS Rating: 87% Fresh Page   1   "Strangely affecting given how little heft there is to it, but it does raise the question: At what point does minimalism begin to seem just plain stubborn?"   Film Journal International   Chris Barsanti 4/5 "We're embedded in the dampness of Reichardt's smoky forest, but not for long enough so we're lost like the pair."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin "As your experience may diverge from theirs, the film offers a metaphor for reading, as the environment becomes at once a projection, frame, and mirror for subjective states."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs "... a beautiful, melancholy film that illustrates the inevitable losses that accompany adulthood."   Portland Tribune   Dawn Taylor B "On its own terms, as a contemplative tone poem about thirtysomething anxiety, it's lovely and poignant."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C- "A minimalist stroll not worth taking...but if Old Joy doesn't do much, at least it doesn't do it for very long."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "An evocative and melancholy portrait of two men whose friendship has run its course."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat A "The two men's short, inepic trip into the forest...is a reconciliatory effort on behalf of the two disunified strains of contemporary America."   Cinepinion   Henry Stewart 3.5/5 "A worthy attempt at a worthy topic."   Boxoffice Magazine   Jay Antani 10/10 "...the landscape it maps is as much spiritual as it is physical, and the personal story it tells is inescapably political..."   All Movie Guide   Josh Ralske B "...there's something about the mood of this film that grows on one."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 4/10 "Even as a short film, OLD JOY drags and feels padded."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 3.5/4 "Carefully accumulates and juxtaposes details to form an interconnected web of loneliness, regret, and longing for happier times gone by."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager B- "...[long] languid interludes are little more than pretty filler for a film that runs a mere 73 minutes..."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford A "... the dynamics shift from moment to moment. The beauty of the film is how director Kelly Reichardt brilliantly captures those moments with lucid simplicity."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker  (1 - 15) of 15 OFCS Rating: 87% Fresh Page   1