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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 4.0
    78

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally favorable reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 100

    out of 100

    The New York Times Dana Stevens

    Like finding that perfect stage of moderate drunkenness in which the senses are sharpened rather than dulled, and time passes with leisurely grace.

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  • 100

    out of 100

    Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

    A movie I loved on first sight and, even more important, love in remembrance. Taken all in all, there's only one last thing to say about it. Go.

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  • 67

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    The storytelling may be ordinary, but the cast is one of those all-star reunions.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

    If truth be told, the film is less than the sum of its parts; the main problem is the fragmented narrative structure, a legacy of the literary source. Still, it's a joy to see men and women with dense life stories played by powerful actors with long and distinguished careers.

  • 88

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    Too many films about the dead involve mourning, and too few involve laughter. Yet at lucky funerals there is a desire to remember the good times.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

    Gathering its forces slowly, this careful, thoughtful film, quietly but deeply moving, is dramatic without seeming to be.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    Variety David Stratton

    Delicately handled and superbly textured, this fine adaptation of Graham Swift's Booker Prize-winning novel deals with all the really big subjects: love, friendship, death, life.

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