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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 08 Jul 2017

Disarmingly human moments - the Sung daughters, all high-powered lawyers, fret over their 80-year-old father's disappointing sandwich - pepper…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 05 Jul 2017

Yet again, it is a story of the fat cats and the thin cats - and a reminder of how Milton Friedman's maxim applies to the bank bailouts: socialism…

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By Nikki Baughan (240) for The List (2,018) on 02 Jul 2017

This modern David and Goliath tale shines a light not only on the injustices heaped upon Abacus, but also the systematic targeting of marginalised…

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By Tricia Olszewski (442) for Washington City Paper (500) on 22 Jun 2017

What James ensures you'll take away from the documentary is the moral fortitude of the Sung family…

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By Pat Padua (495) for Washington Post (9,851) on 21 Jun 2017

Much of the film’s appeal is from the quiet determination of the patriarch Sung, unflappable under the stress, and the family and community…

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By Jan S (217) on 17 Jun 2017

So appalling that the big banks got away with fleecing the taxpayers out of billions and this was the best the government could try to do…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 14 Jun 2017

[The film] use[s] a complex legal proceeding as a way to examine this family and this community, and James does so with his usual, personal touch…

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By Keith Phipps (1,177) for Uproxx (697) on 14 Jun 2017

The film works at once as a compelling, tangled legal story, a depiction of Chinatown's world within a world, and a portrait of those who live…

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By Mark Feeney (434) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 13 Jun 2017

Some of the best scenes show the family gathering after court sessions to discuss strategy, support each other, and vent…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 13 Jun 2017

Another underdog story, though in this case, the underdog takes the unlikely form of a New York bank that trafficked in dubious mortgages…

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By Ray Pride (544) for Newcity (539) on 11 Jun 2017

James excels at drawing out the dynamics of extended families under stress and Abacus is no exception…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 07 Jun 2017

It's not every day that you end up rooting for a bank, but the story Abacus: Small Enough to Jail tells is no ordinary tale…

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By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 07 Jun 2017

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail works as both a true-life legal thriller and a portrait of a tight-knit community under a tone-deaf siege…

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By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 07 Jun 2017

Like George Bailey, and the Cartwright family from “Bonanza” and other fictitious families, the real-life story of the Sungs is one of…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 01 Jun 2017

The result is an interesting tale, though a little dry at times…

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By Brad Wheeler (426) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 01 Jun 2017

The film’s director, who would make an excellent character witness for the defence, raises the questions but frustratingly doesn’t answer…

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By Ron Wilkinson (582) for It's Just Movies (121) on 26 May 2017

Seemingly a story of bank operator-regulator mutually assured embarrassment, there is more beneath the surface…

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By Bill M (1,080) on 26 May 2017

Absolutely riveting documentary about the prosecution of Abacus bank in Chinatown by the Manhattan DA. Not a wasted moment of film…

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By Argun Ulgen (34) for PopMatters (2,617) on 25 May 2017

When James captures the Sung family during their lived-in moments, Abacus: Small Enough to Jail improves from a trial procedural to a cinematic…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 25 May 2017

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