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(1 - 21) of 21 OFCS Rating: 85% Fresh Page   1   "Has some trouble taking off before finally finding its way to a haunting conclusion."   european-films.net   Boyd van Hoeij B "A wobbly construction of facts, but as musical bio-pics go, it has real cinematic personality and avoids most of the painful clichés that tend to shadow these productions...you can sense Deborah's script-approval fingerprints all over the material."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf 3/5 "Commits the crime of turning Curtis into just another music legend."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin A "Renowned photographer, graphic designer and music video director Anton Corbijn makes an auspicious film-directing debut with a stunning biopic about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis that is irreproachable."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "The film's examination of Curtis' seeming passivity "from a distance" grants his mythology%u2014as damaged, resistant rock star%u2014a kind of nostalgic weight."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 85/100 "Riley gives a great performance, and director Corbijn's direction is deceptively perceptive. One of the year's best."   Apollo Guide   Dan Jardine C+ "Tells me more than I care to know about the ill-fated singer with a personality like talcum powder and songs fit to make the depressed even more depressed."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "Far from the fierce social consciousness of Mike Leigh, Control's images, if not its equally arresting performances, suggest a kitchen sink scrubbed clean."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez B "Where many biopic actors simply dress like the subject and re-enact his or her life, Riley truly conveys Ian's heart and soul."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3.5/4 "[An] intimate look at a tragic footnote in entertainment. A moody yet strangely melodic concoction about creativity and confusion in an overwhelming abyss of artistic isolation"   World Voice News   Frank Ochieng B- "Though it comes off as a rather familiar and superficial story of a rocker's rise and fall, it has enough style-- and...intensity--to compensate for its paucity of substance."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/4 "Story-wise, this picture doesn't break new ground; this is a tale that one can find littered throughout the pages of history both recent and long ago, but the way Corbijn has presented it gives it a freshness and fervor that makes it worth sampling."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "After decades of acclaimed rock-and-roll photography and music videos, it's not surprising that Anton Corbjin's first feature film is about a musician; what is surprising is how well-crafted, sympathetic and good Control ultimately is."   Cinematical   James Rocchi A- "Cinematographer Martin Ruhe's stunning black and white photography recalls the early Beatles days, Stuart Sutcliffe's doomed artist reborn in the post punk era."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/5 "The dull, obvious ending doesn't quite erase the successes of the first half, but it's a close one."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 4/5 "There is nothing here that fans of the genre won’t have seen many times before but some of the elements are so brilliantly done."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3.5/5 "Somewhat wallowing and repetitive, but it's so wonderfully acted, directed, written and shot that we're utterly gripped."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 3.5/5 "The exquisite images are continually underscored with an almost Lynchian creepiness."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C+ "Some of Riley's musical performances are electrifying. This would not be a bad movie at all, except for the infuriatingly romantic portrayal of suicide."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten "Instead of painting a tiny, cramped picture intended only for the elite, it opens up one small corner of the world for everybody. Control is proof of the way the music of someone else's life can suddenly and magically become your own."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 8/10 "One of the finest character studies of the year."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 21) of 21 OFCS Rating: 85% Fresh Page   1