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(1 - 26) of 26 OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh Page   1   A- "It's a gorgeous acting job from Christie, striking those moods of frustration, depression, and infirmed calm so vividly."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf 3/5 "In its wobbly whole, Away from Her lingers as a hazy, blurry account of fading moments."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin C+ "Strong performances from the inimitable Julie Christie and the lesser known Gordon Pinset can't compensate for the overly-sentimental reasoning behind a husband's inability to make peace with his wife's Alzheimer's disease."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Both careful and contrived, Away from Her paints marriage as a series of losses, fulfillments, and compromises, infinitely rewarding and painful."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2/5 "There's not a genuine moment to be found in this film."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius B+ "If the Oscars were really looking for Best Actress, it couldn't go wrong looking this way."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/5 "Una bella historia de amor a merced de una enfermedad, filmada con delicadeza por Sarah Polley y sensiblemente interpretada por Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent y Olympia Dukakis."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B "Straightforward but not detached, touching but not maudlin, it's an honestly moving, if modest, portrait of a marriage affected by a terrible wasting disease."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 5/5 "A subtle, poignant, and superbly acted drama about a long marriage that is tested externally by disease and internally by the chords of attachment."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "Represents one of the few clear-headed, uncompromising looks at [Alzheimer's] and its impacts."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 9/10 "This is a really wrenching film, and all the better for it."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen "Away from Her is one of those exceedingly rare instances of an adaptation that not only honors but actually surpasses its source."   Pajiba   Jeremy C. Fox "Sarah Polley does well just to not let Her devolve into a Canadian version of The Notebook."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 4/5 "Sweet and delicate, a promising first effort by writer/director Sarah Polley."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Karina Montgomery 3.5/4 "It'll make you cry a lot, for sure, but with much beauty and brightness through the sadness."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest B "The film's sharpest performance comes from Dukakis, who marries hope with resentment into a prickly yet pliant concoction...Marian is more clearly drawn that the more opaque Anderssons."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 9/10 "This very personal film is a deeply affecting work from Sarah Polley, a good actress becoming an even better writer and director."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 2.5/4 "Maybe the point of this Alzheimer's movie is not to devastate the emotions of an audience"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes 3.5/4 "Polley creates a portrait that might be dubbed Scenes From a Marriage's End."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 4/5 "Sensitively and engagingly well written, directed and acted, this is a remarkable little film."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "Away From Her is something of an antithesis to the fake fuzziness of any Hallmark movie of the week."   Projection Booth   Rob Humanick B "A complex series of relationships revolve around a nursing home romance."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B+ "... less a drama about Alzheimer's disease than a cinematic poem of love and loss."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 9/10 "Indelible and uncompromising, this powerful drama about the grace and the cruelty of aging is a sensitive testament to emotional endurance."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 4/4 "A beautifully acted, poignant film about a man who slowly loses his wife to Alzheimer's."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 26) of 26 OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh Page   1