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By Diane Pershing (77) for Malibu Times (77) on 17 May 2017

I wish I could say A Quiet Passion is a great film, but it is not. It's overly long and often static…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 17 May 2017

Nixon delivers a masterful performance, giving us a heroine who can't cease digging herself into ever deeper holes…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 17 May 2017

If you have a hankering for a subtle, intelligent drama, you shouldn't miss it…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 17 May 2017

If you have a hankering for a subtle, intelligent drama, you shouldn't miss it…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 16 May 2017

Perhaps A Quiet Passion isn't academic enough, but the impact of influence and need is felt profoundly, delivering a depiction of Emily Dickinson…

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By Ray Pride (544) for Newcity (539) on 15 May 2017

Exquisitely measured portrait of the waning days of the prolific poet Emily Dickinson, unrecognized in her time, bearing afflictions, immersing…

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By Phil M (269) on 14 May 2017

I must have seen a different movie because I couldn't wait to escape this film that portrayed Dickinson as a pleasureless individual…

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By Carol C (101) on 14 May 2017

Would give this minus stars if possible. I love Emily Dickinson's poetry. This movie recited a few which was a plus…

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By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 12 May 2017

At heart, this film is less about -- The art of poetry -- And more about life lived for truth -- And not mere piety…

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By Scot C (263) on 12 May 2017

I can't figure out if this was supposed to be a B movie or not…

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By Dan Webster (147) for Spokesman-Review (Washington) (147) on 11 May 2017

A Quiet Passion does succeed in portraying the ultimate irony: that a woman whose life was filled with so much anguish could leave behind such…

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By Stephanie Merry (410) for Washington Post (9,851) on 10 May 2017

Davies is a master of the slow build, lyrically evoking the dreaminess and gravity of his subject and her verse…

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By Tara Thorne (211) for The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (715) on 09 May 2017

The dependably astonishing Cynthia Nixon is Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion, the latest in Terence Davies' exquisitely made string of costume…

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By Kevin D (1,252) on 07 May 2017

THE NIXON LIBRARY IS OPEN - My Review of A QUIET PASSION (5 QUALIFIED STARS) Writer/director Terence Davies is known and revered for his quiet…

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By Jan F (18) on 05 May 2017

Ponderous and directionless. We get no insight into what inspired Dickenson to write, only disjointed scenes of her at home, often unhappy…

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By Barry Paris (96) for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (258) on 04 May 2017

A Quiet Passion, director Terence Davies' beautiful but problematic biopic, wastes no time establishing its heroine as iconoclastic…

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By Josh Terry (603) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 04 May 2017

Overall, A Quiet Passion is interesting if not always enjoyable, although it gets better as it moves along and will probably resonate most…

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By Anita Katz (182) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 04 May 2017

While far from flawless, this movie doesn't leave you feeling empty…

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By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 04 May 2017

The rich imagery and controlled composition seem alternately to highlight Dickinson's unfettered art and to mock her sadly fettered life…

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By Robert Horton (590) for Seattle Weekly (293) on 04 May 2017

What if the cinematic approach to the poet's life could approximate her eccentric punctuation-full of dashes where commas usually roam-her…

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