You Can Count on Me 2000

Critics score:
95 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Ebert & Roeper: Read more

Susan Stark, Detroit News: The key to Lonergan's success? He has faith in the intelligence of his audience. It's that simple -- and encouraging. Read more

Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: Kenneth Lonergan ... has created a set of characters who slowly come to life before our eyes, imperfections, conflicts and all. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Gem of a movie. Read more

Toronto Star: You Can Count On Me is one of the best movies to see this year. But more than that, it's also one of the best to simply listen to. Read more

Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A little movie concealing surprisingly big emotions. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: With warm humor and perceptive writing, director Kenneth Lonergan displays a gift for creating realistic characters and a compelling story. Read more

Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: This funny and involving film presents its well-drawn characters to us pretty much the way we would encounter them in life. Read more

Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: If you see You Can Count On Me, you can count on a good, emotionally satisfying experience. Read more

Steven Rosen, Denver Post: You Can Count on Me is the kind of good movie people say isn't made anymore. Read more

Entertainment Weekly: Beautiful, compassionate, articulate. Read more

Globe and Mail: Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: Gives us not so much a slice of reality as a big picture window, polished and gleaming, through which we can see things that matter. Read more

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James Berardinelli, ReelViews: A pleasant motion picture, offering a solid evening's worth of entertainment. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The characters in You Can Count on Me have been freed from the formulas of fiction and set loose to live lives where they screw up, learn from their mistakes and bumble hopefully into the future. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: A subtle and often surprising study of the relationship between damaged adult siblings, full of mordant humor and dramatic invention. Read more

Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle: It's simply a quiet and heartbreaking look at the dynamics of one family. That's the beauty of it. Read more

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Emanuel Levy, Variety: Superbly executed. Read more

Amy Taubin, Village Voice: So timid and clumsy in its deployment of picture, sound, and editing that you have to wonder if executive producer Martin Scorsese bothered to give notes. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: A fountain of narrative surprise. You never know where this thing is going. And it's such a pleasure to tag along with these characters. Read more