A mesmerizing film spinning from hilarity to heartbreak.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
In a sea of one-note symphonies, this touching feature is bleak and comic, heartbreaking and affirmative, romantic and tragic, gimlet-eyed and sympathetic, all at the same time.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
Floats before your eyes like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. The surprise is that, fitted together, these pieces make a completed picture.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Jesus' Son surprises me with moments of wry humor, poignancy, sorrow and wildness. It has a sequence as funny as any I've seen this year.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Another grotty drama about junkie love? Well, yes...I make an exception for Jesus' Son.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
It's best to see this as a drug buffet. Graze through the vignettes... and you'll find three or four tasty bits to snack on.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Michael O'Sullivan
Crudup gives a performance that is by turns scary, heartbreaking, grotesque and funny as hell.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: A. O. Scott
One of the pleasures of Jesus' Son is watching a filmmaker take risks and discover new resources of style.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
It has a nobility and modesty, along with a refreshing lack of cynical attitude, that you rarely find in independent films these days.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Jay Carr
It's often a downer, with a sweet but largely passive protagonist.Read Full Review »
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