It rediscovers the aching, desiring humanity in a genre -- and a period-- too often subjected to easy parody or ironic appropriation. In a word, it's divine.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid and Dennis Haysbert are called on to play characters whose instincts are wholly different from their own. By succeeding, they make their characters real, instead of stereotypes.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
A movie for hardcore film geeks and regular folk alike, a stunning, and stunningly improbable, fusion of postmodern pastiche and old-school Hollywood melodrama. It's both a marvelous technical accomplishment and a tragic love story that sweeps you off your feet.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Manohla Dargis
The film's three leads are extraordinary, but what Moore does with her role is so beyond the parameters of what we call great acting that it nearly defies categorization.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
This is a love letter from one auteur to another that doesn't feel like a term paper. Instead, Far From Heaven is an honest-to-God drama with resonance all its own.Read Full Review »
Ironizes without parodying an antique screen manner, then reaches out from beneath this smooth cover to grab us.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: David Ansen
Moore’s stunning, subtle performance as a woman trapped in the conventions of her time encapsulates the film’s brave, double-edged beauty.Read Full Review »
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