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By Geniphur S (1) on 12 Nov 2013

About the only thing more challenging that reading Faulkner is putting his stories on screen, hence the paucity of Faulkner's work that has…

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By Brad L (116) on 12 Nov 2013

About the only thing more challenging that reading Faulkner is putting his stories on screen, hence the paucity of Faulkner's work that has…

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By Willson L (8) on 12 Nov 2013

About the only thing more challenging that reading Faulkner is putting his stories on screen, hence the paucity of Faulkner's work that has…

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By Danny T (116) on 10 Nov 2013

Based on William Faulkner's classic novel, As I Laying Dying follows the Bundrens, a poor southern clan who embark on an injurious road-trip…

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By Matt Donato (975) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 10 Nov 2013

As I Lay Dying tries to adapt the impossible, but unfortunately it is bested by Faulkner's weighty source material…

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By Candice S (53) on 09 Nov 2013

If you haven't read the book you might not get the full story. Quite a bit of details were left out. It was enjoyable nonetheless…

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By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 06 Nov 2013

Some of the filming techniques are overused and the monologues are a bit too circuitous, but As I Lay Dying has the ability to be quite striking…

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By Geedup (96) on 05 Nov 2013

This is a tough story to tell. Faulkner's painting of this story is very dynamic in the book. So I was very interested to see this film…

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By Justin Stewart (31) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 04 Nov 2013

A qualified, perfectly respectable success…

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By Thegodfatherson (586) on 02 Nov 2013

(It took a long time for me to watch this film in the Tribeca Film Festival…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 23 Oct 2013

What Franco came up with... is messy, bizarre, muted, and confusing, but it's also heartfelt and personal. It takes more risks than most movies…

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By Lisa Giles-Keddie (242) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 16 Oct 2013

Comes across - whether it's Franco's intention or not - as a grossly self-indulgent project that will alienate some of his fan base…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 10 Oct 2013

As Franco dilutes the drama with first-year-film-student gimmicks, like split screens and slow motion, it just seems like a dull collection…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 09 Oct 2013

James Franco makes his directing debut with this ambitious adaptation of William Faulkner's notoriously downbeat novel…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 09 Oct 2013

In rushing in where wise men might fear to tread, Mr. Franco has accomplished something serious and worthwhile…

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By Sam Adams (514) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 09 Oct 2013

Putting Faulkner’s dialogue in actors’ mouths only underlines the fact that it was never meant to be read aloud, and simply cutting between…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 09 Oct 2013

Alas, the split-screen compositions, slow-motion effects, pensive closeups and prosthetic teeth can’t distract from what’s missing: Faulkner’s…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for AV Club (2,778) on 09 Oct 2013

Like Franco’s other directorial efforts, it ends up coming across as an academic art object, somewhere halfway between a graduate thesis…

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By Catherine Bray (216) for Time Out (7,510) on 08 Oct 2013

Faulkner fans... need not be up in arms about this version of his Nobel Prize winner…

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By David Fear (910) for Time Out (7,510) on 07 Oct 2013

They quickly smother whatever greatness was inherent in the material…

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