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Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: A lumbering pity party. Read more
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: Solomon never turns these themes into an actual story, or at least a story with any cumulative impact. Read more
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: This is all supposed to be highly mystical and whatnot, with both women needing help and Manual being there to provide it, but frankly I'm not buying it. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: [V]ery stagy and pretty awful. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Beautifully cast and acted, smartly written, done with excruciating care and glowing Roger Deakins cinematography, it's a film that, in some ways, suffers from its own seriousness, the very passion and guts that make it special. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: Mr. Thornton's ostentatious restraint and his bottomless melancholy cry out for a mask and cape, and a few judicious special effects might have provided some relief, or at least helped the movie justify its title. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Ponderously paced and weighed down by a well-meant but mostly failed attempt to explore spiritual issues. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: There is just no sense of authenticity in the relationship of the characters to the environment in which Solomon has placed them. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: This is a lovely film about redemption and guilt. Read more
Vic Vogler, Denver Post: Slow and satisfying. Read more
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Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: The characters in the well-meaning drama resemble symbols rather than people, while the storyline seeks mighty truths that remain evasive. Read more
Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly: Those who can forgive the director's pretensions will discover some fine filmmaking. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: Thornton is starting to look like a one-trick pony. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: A thoughtful, almost poetic, piece that puts forth the argument that redemption is not easily achieved. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: There is not a moment of authentic observation in the film; the director has assembled his characters out of stock melodrama. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Solomon's agnosticism on the subjects of atonement and redemption -- the precise areas of the movie's investigation -- makes the filmmaker as paralyzed as his lead character. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: The characters are well drawn. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Corny in its use of symbolism and coincidence, marred by the deadpan performance of its hero, it seems more like a parody than a parable. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: A movie that confuses seriousness with weight, significance with silence and import with emptiness. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: It's an intriguing movie, and Thornton's performance is both fascinating and maddening. Read more
Todd McCarthy, Variety: A half-baked moral fable that suffers from insufficiencies both of narrative concreteness and religious depth. Read more
Edward Crouse, Village Voice: Real levity is barely present. Read more