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100
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Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
A memory of the automobile in which a father drove away from his family provides the title for Blue Car but no hint of the power of writer-director Karen Moncrieff's superb feature debut.
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88
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The ending of the film is as calculated and cruel as a verbal assault by a Neil LaBute character.
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80
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The New York Times Stephen Holden
Mr. Strathairn's complex, exquisitely nuanced portrayal of a man who goes over the line allows his character to be both hero and villain, sometimes at once.
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80
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Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Even with its drawbacks, Blue Car remains an intimate, thoughtful drama, with a performance no one is likely to forget.
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80
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Washington Post Stephen Hunter
Certainly no feel-good flick of the summer. But it's always tough and honest.
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80
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Washington Post
Bruckner's Meg is that rarity, a credible screen teenager.
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80
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Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
For the most part, though, Ms. Moncrieff has given us a portrait of a young woman with a luminous soul.
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75
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Bruckner is an amazement, piercing the heart without begging for sympathy. This small gem of a movie is the perfect setting for her breakthrough performance.
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75
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San Francisco Chronicle C.W. Nevius
This is a film without a single false note. From the rain-streaked windshield to the unaffected line readings from a stellar cast, there is not a shot in Blue Car that doesn't ring true.
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75
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USA Today Claudia Puig
Blue Car is like an unpolished sapphire, at once harshly realistic and resplendent.
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