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Amy Nicholson, Boxoffice Magazine: The indie folk on the soundtrack teeter the film perilously close to another emo Gen-X flick about discovering who you really are, man, yet its quiet assurance hoists it to the top of genre. Read more
Maureen M. Hart, Chicago Tribune: Be prepared: Humboldt County is a slow starter. But what appears to be the cliched uptight nerd liberated by flighty sprite tale evolves into something deeper, darker, more resonant. Read more
Mark Rahner, Seattle Times: A relaxed, sweetly amusing little indie effort that'll make you want to hang out with its inhabitants, except with better snack food than they have. Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: Possibly it might be of some interest with the right amount of buzz, but then so is a passing cloud. Read more
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: Humboldt County has an impressive cast and captures some of that era's fuzzy rebelliousness and humanism, but taken on its own the picture is finally thin stuff. Read more