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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 02 May 2013

If feuds, drunken outbursts and thoughtless bed-hopping sound like fun, then A Christmas Tale is a hoot…

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By Kimberley Jones (866) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 10 Apr 2013

The Vuillards, however fractured, know one another's rhythms and rituals, and Desplechin knows just how to convey them in the subtlest of ways…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 24 Jan 2013

With at least nine primary characters and running two and a half hours, it's a big, fat novel of a movie - a domestic epic that fuses bitterness…

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By Richard Schickel (546) for Time (1,811) on 12 Oct 2012

It seemed to me as I left the theater that A Christmas Tale was a little too jumpy for its own good, with too many characters and plot points…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 29 Sep 2011

I'd be more inclined to call this French dysfunctional family epic gabby and preeningly self-indulgent – in a word, annoying…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 27 Sep 2011

Though overly self-conscious, this Tale is nonetheless wry, observant and frequently heartbreaking…

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By J. Hoberman (756) for Village Voice (8,525) on 11 Sep 2011

A heady plum pudding of a movie--studded with outsized performances and drenched in cinematic brio. The concoction is over-rich, yet irresistible…

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By Rick Groen (1,350) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 26 May 2011

It sure ain't the Christmas of Dickens's imaginings…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 08 Feb 2011

Density of detail and intensity of experience are the twin distinctions of A Christmas Tale, a long, improbably funny and very beautiful film…

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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 30 Nov 2010

At last, a great contemporary holiday movie that's strictly for grown-ups - a holiday movie that really is a moviegoer's holiday from desultory…

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By Ryancarroll88 (145) on 26 Aug 2010

From an American standpoint, it seems like a strange notion to gather an all-star cast to create a moving drama, especially under the guise…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 10 Jun 2009

A movie that is almost indecently satisfying and at the same time elusive, at once intellectually lofty -- marked by allusions to Emerson,…

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By Kevin (114) on 03 Jan 2009

I'm not surprised by the middling user reviews for this. it's definitely artistic and unamerican (am I being redundant…

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By Bobw (25) on 01 Jan 2009

A dreadful, interminable film. I love European cinema, especially movies from France. But this was painful to sit through…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 22 Dec 2008

Even though it's pretentious and overlong, A Christmas Tale is still maddeningly engaging, thanks in large part to its attractive and gifted cast…

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By Malcolmw. (1) on 21 Dec 2008

Snappy editing? OVER-EDITING. Too many jump cuts that drench the emotion out of a scene…

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By Jeanr. (3) on 18 Dec 2008

Superb movie. Maw should do herself a favor and stay away from complex, life-like contemporary French films…

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By Maw (3) on 06 Dec 2008

Agree with David K on this one…

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By Davidk (19) on 02 Dec 2008

Among the worst movies out there today. The previews present this as a comedy and commentary on complicated families. It is neither…

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By Katharinec. (1) on 28 Nov 2008

How could anyone criticize a move that all the critics seem to love…

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