Exhilaratingly slow, which for many will simply mean SLOW... Those who can downshift appropriately, however, stand to be enraptured.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
No actor is better than Bill Murray at doing nothing at all, and being fascinating while not doing it. Buster Keaton had the same gift for contemplating astonishing developments with absolute calm. Buster surrounded himself with slapstick, and in Broken Flowers Jim Jarmusch surrounds Murray with a parade of formidable women.Read Full Review »
Funny, bittersweet, its understatement yielding surprising depth charges, Broken Flowers is a triumph of close observation and telling details.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Jessica Winter
With elegant restraint the film subtly intimates the wintry dead end-twilight years bereft of love, partner, or vocation-that may be in store for its aged lover man. (Payne's "About Schmidt" did too, when not gorging snidely on idiot Americana.)Read Full Review »
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Slate: David Edelstein
The ending is madly unsatisfying--yet dead perfect. This is a remarkable film.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Dana Stevens
Like a perfect, short-lived love affair, its pleasure is accompanied by a palpable sting of sorrow. It leaves you wanting more, which I mean entirely as a compliment.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
Broken Flowers may be too low-key for laugh junkies, but Jarmusch fills his sharply observed comedy with wonderful mischief. The mix of humor and heartbreak brings out the best in Murray.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
Take this trip with him and chances are, you'll find the journey increasingly funny and touching.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Ann Hornaday
Jarmusch manages to imbue banality with surprising beauty and humor.Read Full Review »
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