To say that Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York is one of the best films of the year or even one closest to my heart is such a pathetic response to its soaring ambition that I might as well pack it in right now.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
I think you have to see Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York twice. I watched it the first time and knew it was a great film and that I had not mastered it. The second time because I needed to. The third time because I will want to.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
No film with an ambition this large, and achievement this impressive, can be anything but exhilarating, a vital affirmation of the creative process.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
I can't pretend to know fully what Charlie Kaufman is up to in Synecdoche, New York, with all the doubled characters, dreamy reenactments, comical minutiae, and personal unhappiness. But I got a great deal of pleasure out of watching him mount his fantasia about an artist suffering not simply for his art, but because of it.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Carina Chocano
Sprawling, awe-inspiring, heartbreaking, frustrating, hard-to-follow and achingly, achingly sad movie.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Scott Foundas
Like most of Kaufman's work as a writer, Synecdoche, New York is a head trip that time and again returns to a place of real human emotion--in this case, to the idea that no matter how brilliant we may be or think we are, we're all looking for a little guidance (or, yes, direction) in life.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
In Synecdoche, Kaufman the screenwriter is not well-served by Kaufman the filmmaker. As a director, his propensity for heavyosity leadens rather than leavens this affair.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
Philip Seymour Hoffman creates a mesmerizing portrait of the artist as a young, old and middle-aged man.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Just because a movie is ambitious and challenging doesn't mean it can't also be tedious and at times unbearable.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
Strives to be a work of greatness. But Kaufman's overarching vision is a lot less interesting than the small insights he gathers along the way. This is what happens when life imitates art, and blows it.Read Full Review »
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