A triumph of modesty and of seriousness that also happens to be one of the finest American films of the year.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
Old Joy is only 76 minutes long, but it has the contemplative power of Buddhist meditation. Reichardt gives us long, stoned takes of rural roads; shots of birds, insects and slugs in the spectacular Oregon rain forest; interludes with Mark's dog, Lucy. Some viewers may well be bored, or monumentally irritated, by this. I found it masterly, riveting.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
It's in all the moments where little happens that Reichardt is most amazing, investing even a gas-station pit stop with perfect emotional pitch.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
It feels so real it hurts, and it's the perfect antidote to all those movies where all sorts of stuff blows up.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Carina Chocano
Miniaturist in its level of detail and evocatively abstract, Old Joy captures the weary mood of a generation that's crested its peak along with an era, quietly making a case for how well suited film can be to capturing the finer points of human interaction while preserving their mystery.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
Kurt and Mark's trip to those hot springs is a figurative return to Eden. Anyone who's had a disillusioning reunion with a moony old friend knows what Mark discovers: They're too old to stay that innocent. None of this hit me until after the movie ended. But it hit me hard: You can't go home again.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: J. Hoberman
If Old Joy is more laid-back and contemplative than "Mutual Appreciation," it's because the characters are more weathered. Open-ended as it may appear, it has a crushing finality. For all the wool-gathering and guitar-noodling, this road movie is at least as tender as it is ironic.Read Full Review »
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