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By Robert Abele (1,309) for TheWrap (3,203) on 15 Dec 2016

It hasn’t always been easy trying to figure out what’s going through the mind of the 44th president of the United States, but Barry is…

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By Rohan Naahar (197) for Hindustan Times (753) on 14 Dec 2016

Barry is for all the lost souls getting punched by strangers in alien hallways, it is for all the wanderers with nowhere to be…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for AV Club (2,778) on 14 Dec 2016

Barry doesn’t so much offer glimmers of the man Obama would become as lay experiential groundwork for his later life choices…

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By David Wiegand (95) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 Dec 2016

The writing, by Adam Mansbach, and direction, by Vikram Gandhi, are competent without being terribly sophisticated or daring…

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By Louis Proyect (533) for Counterpunch.org (73) on 11 Nov 2016

Filled with implausible incidents meant to buttress the premise that Obama was an outside to both Blacks and whites and generally devoid of…

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By Josef Braun (74) for Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) (665) on 11 Oct 2016

This is a film about race in America, centering on a young, bright yet unformed university student of mixed race, peculiar background and vague…

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By Jordan Ruimy (242) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 17 Sep 2016

Whereas the aforementioned Southside With You was a calm, romantic watch, this is a serious and refined drama which has the feel of a political…

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By Victor Stiff (37) for Film School Rejects (1,198) on 15 Sep 2016

Barry is well paced and doesn't rely on tired biopic tropes to get points across. The film is also really funny…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for indieWire (3,631) on 15 Sep 2016

Barry loses its way when it reduces itself to a tacky diorama of its protagonist’s inner turmoil, and it does so frequently enough to dismantle…

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By Adam Chitwood (59) for Collider (1,032) on 14 Sep 2016

Barry is much more about race and identity in America than what our nation's first African-American president did when he was in college…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for The Guardian (2,969) on 14 Sep 2016

The movie is rich on its own as a character piece about the difficulties of being bi-racial, especially at the very specific location of Columbia…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 12 Sep 2016

You could almost watch Barry even if you’d never heard of Barack Obama: The movie is simply interested in what it looks like when a guy who’s…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 12 Sep 2016

Barry emerges as an involving and credible portrait of a smart young man with a good deal of growing and learning yet to do…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 12 Sep 2016

In presenting its story as a portrait of a budding great statesman discovering his destiny, Barry is neither insightful nor poetic enough to…

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By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 11 Sep 2016

The result is a decent picture, if one that leans pretty heavily on the future resonance of every interaction and conversation…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for The Playlist (3,871) on 11 Sep 2016

There’s something widely relatable about the way Barry tries to find somewhere to fit in, and preferably in a place where he can be himself…

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