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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: It's well-sung and performed but less than stirring. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: The film disappoints, partly because it inspires such large expectations. Read more
John Hartl, Seattle Times: Most of The Ballad of Jack and Rose takes itself too seriously. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: A film of scenes, not a cohesive whole. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: Jack and Rose's ballad is a sour song punctuated by ugly behavior from characters who are supposed to be sympathetic. Read more
Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Suffers from narrative shapelessness. It's hard to tell what message Miller is trying to convey. Read more
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic: It's all strange and mildly unpleasant and self-consciously arty. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Indulgent, shapeless, and full of well-meant but ponderous pieties and psychologically driven mayhem. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Combining an actor you can't take your eyes off with unapologetically emotional material makes The Ballad of Jack & Rose a model of artistic, provocative American filmmaking. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Doesn't succeed in everything it sets out to do, but as a statement about the death rattle of 60s counterculture it's thoughtful and affecting. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: Even with such a powerhouse actor as Day-Lewis, this movie belongs to Rose, who is sensitively played by Camilla Belle, an accomplished young actress who should have a bright future. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Miller can rightly be celebrated as a wonderful short-story director in that her gift for detail mines the particular intimacy of its characters even as it delivers works of mythlike mood. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Miller's theme is innocence, the loss of it, and the reclamation of equanimity in the face of that loss, and the music she makes is haunting. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: Mr. Day-Lewis is particularly outstanding as a man out of time and out of touch. His gaunt face (he lost several pounds for the role) registers the anxiety and futile determination of someone slowly imploding. He makes the whole thing worthwhile. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Strangely moving. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: It's hard to feel any sense of tragedy, much less sympathy, for a parent whose idea of child rearing borders on abuse. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: The whole story feels like an exercise in manufactured emotion, tortured contrivance, narrative shortcutting and easy morality. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Certainly there's no such thing as spending too much time with your child. Or is there? Read more
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: There is something garish about watching a father and daughter struggle with the snake of incest in their ill-advised Garden of Eden. Read more
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: Rebecca Miller's attempt to elevate a small Oedipal story about two damaged souls into a grandiloquent epic misses by a significantly wide mark. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: Too self-consciously offbeat for its own good. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: As indie efforts go, The Ballad of Jack and Rose pushes a lot of the classic indie audience buttons, coupled with some depressingly mainstream ones. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The plot of The Ballad of Jack and Rose relies overmuch on contrivances, but the viewer ends up liking the characters enough that it's hard not to forgive such narrative hiccups. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: An absorbing experience. Read more
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: The premise here has terrific potential, and I felt affection for all the characters. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: It's hard not to sing the praises of The Ballad of Jack & Rose. Read more
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail: We leave this movie hoping to see Miller and Lewis together again soon. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: The entire movie seems to be suffering from the same suffocating disease as Jack. Read more
Todd McCarthy, Variety: The Ballad of Jack & Rose gets caught up in incidental distractions that lead the drama astray. Read more
Jessica Winter, Village Voice: [Lewis'] turn as lifestyle extremist Jack carries an authentic scent of tobacco and peat while much of the movie smells of the lamp. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: An engaging battle between terrific acting and a flawed script. Unfortunately, the actors -- including Daniel Day-Lewis, Catherine Keener and extraordinary newcomer Camilla Belle -- lose. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: Suffers from a failure of nerve. Read more