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The Woman in the Fifth Review

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

  • 3.0
    57

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Mixed or average reviews
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    critic review scores.

  • 60

    out of 100

    Village Voice Michael Atkinson

    You're not sure what this is till it's over, but certainly Hawke's performance is his nerviest and most sincere in a decade.

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  • 67

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Heavy on mood and murk.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Time Richard Corliss

    Accepting Pawlikowski's mood of poetic seriousness may be a chore for some. Others will find this creepy little sonata a dream or nightmare worth succumbing to, and believing in.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    The New York Times Manohla Dargis

    Although Mr. Pawlikowski often shows Mr. Hawke in medium and long shots, the actor draws you close. There's anguish in Tom's face that speaks of a terrible fragility and that leavens the story's mysterioso proceedings with a real, recognizable humanity.

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  • 88

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    Tom has enlisted our identification and sympathy, but he seems hopelessly isolated within his own bubble of despair. How much that happens is in his mind?

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The Woman on the fifth by vmccausland
Terrible..terrible.. No plot,, bad actining..weird... A bad dream

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