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By William Goss (413) for Film.com (1,892) on 05 Mar 2012

With a chilly color palette and a suitably melancholy score, Being Flynn does a decent job of finding its own poetry in the way that its characters…

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By Bob Mondello (417) for NPR (1,713) on 05 Mar 2012

And then there's the simple fact of De Niro, playing a delusional taxi driver…

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By Donald J. Levit (489) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 03 Mar 2012

Reactions to this film will depend on acceptance of the two men's performances, which are good despite some contrivances in circumstances that…

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By Matt Patches (283) for Hollywood.com (1,014) on 02 Mar 2012

A simple, tender father/son drama elevated by De Niro and Dano's stand out performances…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 02 Mar 2012

A homeless father and a troubled son are reunited for an uneasy and revealing encounter which changes them both…

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By Ethan Alter (997) for Television Without Pity (337) on 02 Mar 2012

I'd say that De Niro acts Dano off the screen, but that would require Dano to establish some sort of presence first…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 02 Mar 2012

Yes, it has a fine performance by De Niro. Yes, it briefly brings us into the middle of a homeless hell…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 02 Mar 2012

Dano is still doing his ethereal, creepy underacting routine, but, compared with De Niro's scenery chewing, he seems almost dignified…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 02 Mar 2012

Here, you can feel De Niro's full engagement in a character that echoes his roles in Taxi Driver and Awakenings…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 02 Mar 2012

The real coup de grace for this would-be serious-minded drama is the sledgehammer-subtle direction of Paul Weitz (who is also the screenwriter),…

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By Drew Mcweeny (622) for HitFix (861) on 01 Mar 2012

authentically observed and deeply felt, and a huge step in the right direction for [Paul Weitz] as a filmmaker…

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By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 01 Mar 2012

The film is so bent on reflecting its abrasive main characters' psychological states that it's often insufferable…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 01 Mar 2012

Robert De Niro has made several unwise choices in roles recently, and his belligerent wannabe writer in Being Flynn definitely adds to that list…

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By Betsy Sharkey (695) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 01 Mar 2012

Paul Weitz has dialed things down considerably for Being Flynn, writing and directing with an earnest sensitivity that at times suits, at times…

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By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 01 Mar 2012

This bleak look at the hardship imposed by a monstrous parent and his downfall won't be worth a detour for most audiences…

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By Mary F. Pols (536) for TIME Magazine (1,130) on 01 Mar 2012

A tale of failed fatherhood intertwined with issues of addiction and homelessness…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Movieline (883) on 01 Mar 2012

There's no doubt that Being Flynn is an attempt at something painful and genuine – the movie itself yearns to make a connection, even if…

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By Tasha Robinson (753) for AV Club (2,778) on 01 Mar 2012

Weitz's sense of play and the Badly Drawn Boy soundtrack each give Being Flynn an enjoyable lightness; meanwhile, the curdled, hidden rage…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 01 Mar 2012

There is honest feeling, genuine humanity and real intelligence in this movie, but there is also a sense of caution, of indecisiveness, that…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 01 Mar 2012

The movie's emotional content was manifest as an absence…

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