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Starting Out in the Evening Review

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4.5

Dave White Profile

… intelligent, quiet, moody and gentle … Read full review

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  • 4.0
    78

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  • 100

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    The movie is carefully modulated to draw us deeper and deeper into the situation, and uses no contrived plot devices to superimpose plot jolts on what is, after all, a story involving four civilized people who are only trying, each in a different way, to find happiness.

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  • 100

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

    Intelligent, involving and conspicuously adult, Starting Out in the Evening is almost shocking in its distinctiveness, its ability to create high drama from an unlikely source.

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  • 100

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter James Greenberg

    Succeeds so beautifully because of a compelling story, great acting, intelligent writing and sensitive direction.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    Chicago Tribune

    Because the characters are richly realized and their dialogue rings true, we stick around, rooting for something like a happy ending.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Variety Scott Foundas

    Director Andrew Wagner draws topnotch work from a pro cast in Starting Out in the Evening, a wise, carefully observed chamber drama.

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  • 88

    out of 100

    USA Today Claudia Puig

    We are slowly and mightily drawn into this intimate story, which is both intellectually stimulating and emotionally moving.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    The New York Times A.O. Scott

    What is so remarkable about Mr. Langella is that he seems to hold Leonard's intellectual cosmos inside him, to make it implicit in the man's every gesture and pause.

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  • 91

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    Andrew Wagner has made a lovely comedy of death and rebirth.

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