Review of Margaret (2011) by Roman R — 06 Jul 2012

Great movie. You feel like you're in this with her.

This review of Margaret (2011) was written by Roman R on 06 Jul 2012.

Margaret has generally received positive reviews.

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By Kelly Jane Torrance (368) for Washington Examiner (271) on 03 Jan 2019

Let's hope [Director Kenneth] Longeran's next film doesn't take over a decade to appear -- and that he learns where his real talents lie…

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By Daniel H (1,174) on 18 Aug 2016

A highly effective, deeply textured little masterpiece…

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By Alex G (1,313) on 18 Nov 2014

A great movie. Grand, operatic, almost shakespearean, as well as incredibly intimate and brutally honest…

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By Taylor B (489) on 23 Sep 2014

I can't remember seeing a film so wildly unfocused and just all over the map…

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By Nicholas Barber (220) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 28 Sep 2014

Margaret is less about plot mechanics than about the virtuosity of the dialogue, the complexity of the characters, and the detail and depth…

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By Carla M (91) on 20 Mar 2017

Extremely well acted, written, and directed, Margaret wastes none of it's three hour run time in telling a tragic, and beautiful story…

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By Marta R (262) on 01 May 2015

Lengthy indeed, and not short with emotion by any means, Margaret presents a tragic story surrounding a heartbreaking event that intercepts…

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By Marc R (473) on 31 Jul 2014

This film surely rewards repeat viewings, for it is one of the most raw, textured works of precise character study and operatic drama I've…

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By Pat Padua (495) for DCist (403) on 29 Aug 2018

So contrived and ham-handed that its successes are mostly drowned in its failures…

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By Craig Mathieson (459) for sbs.com.au (697) on 28 Sep 2014

It has failings, but they're not fundamental, and if anything they speak to just how much Lonergan tried to coerce into a single story…

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