Tumbleweeds

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Critics' Reviews

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Rarely have two actresses been so effortless in their intimacy.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
McTeer and Brown make magic ina film that is wonderfully funny, touching and vital.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Jay Carr
You'll care what happens in this film with more than enough freshness and originality to avoid succumbing to girls-on-the-run cliches.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
Janet McTeer doesn't imitate Mary Jo Walker, and she doesn't act her. She becomes her. It's almost spooky.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kevin Thomas
One of those wonderful, deeply personal pictures that pop up every now and then to lift your spirits.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Jessica Winter
One of the refreshing aspects of the slight, flawed Tumbleweeds is that it creates a world inhabited by recognizable people.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Schickel
We have this movie--full of acceptant, sidelong glances at human quirkiness--to delight us.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Stephen Holden
There are many moments when what is on the screen stops looking like acting and becomes life itself, and you're watching real people change and grow before your eyes.Read Full Review »
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Slate: David Edelstein
Tumbleweeds is gorgeously nuanced.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Movies like Tumbleweeds exist in the details, not the outcome. Even a happy ending, we suspect, would be temporary. We don't mind, since the characters have been intriguing to know and easy to care about.Read Full Review »
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