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(1 - 18) of 18 OFCS Rating: 67% Fresh Page   1   2.5/5 "is all facade and no force"   Filmcritic.com   Bill Gibron "Proof of the director's unwillingness to improve on the scattershot ideas and shaky character development that also plagued his previous effort Respiro."   european-films.net   Boyd van Hoeij B+ "It remains an extraordinarily strong, fascinating look at the genesis of the traditional immigrant tale, not the idealized finale."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf "Emanuele Crialese's wondrous Nuovomondo (Golden Door) recalls America's erstwhile promise with a mix of exhilaration and delicacy, peppered with judicious insight."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs C+ "Not as inspiring as it should be."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3.5/4 "Hung up on the nature of procedure, the film transpires in very distinct, hellish parts, as if moving slowly along the links of a great and heavy metal chain."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez B+ "The whole picture, real and surreal, is hauntingly beautiful."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C "Rather like a sociological document narrated in a flamboyantly rhapsodic visual style...more affected than affecting."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "The journey to America by an Italian peasant and his family, conveying their yearning for a new life in scenes of magical realism."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 4/5 "Golden Door resounds with moments of pure cinema seldom encountered anymore, where sound and image combine to create a lyricism that transcends the story"   Boxoffice Magazine   Jay Antani 6/10 "Although the movie's plot line is rather flimsy and its characters somewhat distant, the movie's images are hard to forget."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio "Ultimately Crialese misses the boat in terms of sustained and compelling story. The movie is all background."   In the Dark   Jonathan F. Richards 2.5/5 "Emanuele Crialese makes the star of his new film his director of photography, Agnes Godard."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner 7/10 "The early parts require some patience, but the film richly rewards that patience. I know of no film that so patiently and so completely documents the Ellis Island experience."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 5/5 "A powerful look at the quirks of human nature, weaving in a subtle but overwhelmingly powerful political message."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C+ "The film's cinematography by Agnès Godard is breathtaking at times, especially early on during exterior scenes."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten A "Painted onscreen in a hypnotic mix of hypercharged naturalism and magic realism, Golden Door is not about the destination but the journey."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 2.5/4 Read review   ReelViews   James Berardinelli  (1 - 18) of 18 OFCS Rating: 67% Fresh Page   1