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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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By Mary Pols (197) for Time (1,811) on 01 Mar 2012

It's no wonder the movie is no walk in the park, even with a pretty soundtrack by Badly Drawn Boy (again, like About a Boy)…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 01 Mar 2012

Weitz – who did a great job adapting Nick Hornby's About a Boy into an affecting 2002 movie – can't bring the pieces together here…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 29 Feb 2012

Is it possible for an actor to go through the motions even as he's going over the top? In Being Flynn, Robert De Niro does phoned-in scenery chewing…

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By Christy Lemire (1,262) for Associated Press (1,685) on 29 Feb 2012

Ultimately, being either Flynn doesn't seem terribly appealing…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for New York Observer (1,400) on 29 Feb 2012

Too small and dark to appeal to a large audience, it's not a movie to cherish…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 29 Feb 2012

A movie about miserable people making each other miserable...neither character gives us much reason to care who they are - or ever will be…

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By Karina Longworth (242) for Village Voice (8,525) on 28 Feb 2012

What the actors are unable to get across emotionally (which is a lot - Dano and De Niro, both of them all big actorly tics, often seem like…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for Time Out (7,510) on 28 Feb 2012

Sadly, most of the film's dull edges have to do with De Niro, who is clearly in rest-on-his-laurels mode; at his worst, he approaches radioactive,…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 27 Feb 2012

Robert De Niro and writer-director Paul Weitz find the most congenial material either of them has had in quite some time in Being Flynn…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 27 Feb 2012

The film surrounds its leads with a cast whose faces capture the ragtag dignity Flynn described in his book -- no overacting required, no emotional…

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