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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 31 Oct 2013

Filmed without a trace of sentimentality, Big Sur is an achingly sad last hurrah…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 31 Oct 2013

Although no less fawning and indulgent about its self-centered subject, played by Jean-Marc Barr (who also narrates, run-on style), the muted…

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By John Defore (1,351) for Washington Post (9,851) on 31 Oct 2013

A beautiful and sometimes affecting film that (appropriately, some would say) has as much difficulty connecting with the world before it as…

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By Jeff Baker (191) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 31 Oct 2013

Some of the performances -- Mitchell, Fischler and especially Lucas -- are lively, but Barr never gets under Kerouac's skin to show the pain…

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By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 31 Oct 2013

Despite the parade of pretty images and lovely scenery, Big Sur stubbornly fails to cohere into a real movie; instead, it feels like an illustrated…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 30 Oct 2013

Nobody’s given the opportunity to do much more than brood prettily and occasionally shout carpe diembromides into the pounding surf…

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By Michael Atkinson (678) for Village Voice (8,525) on 29 Oct 2013

Not exactly a hagiography, Polish's film isn't a tragedy, either -- it's just an uneventful afternoon spent with a dozing rummy…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 29 Oct 2013

The film has a restless, nomadic quality similar to Kerouac’s lifestyle, but there’s no there there…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Time Out (7,510) on 29 Oct 2013

Edited to ribbons so that every peripheral player — Kate Bosworth, Radha Mitchell, Josh Lucas, Henry Thomas — is even more one-dimensional…

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By David Lee Dallas (23) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 28 Oct 2013

The viewer is informed of a world of chaos, obsession, and irresolution, but has no cinematic means of accessing or understanding it…

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By Dendy F (1) on 06 Oct 2013

Beautifully atmospheric adaptation of Kerouac's novel, with best casting job yet on Jack and Neal…

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By Shannon E (74) on 05 Oct 2013

The passages from the novel complimented the showcased beauty of Big Sur. Spot on casting. To me, Jean-Marc Barr is Jack Kerouac. Beautiful film…

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By Guy Lodge (731) for Variety (12,700) on 19 Sep 2013

Michael Polish’s Big Sur offers an elegantly muted take on the midlife ennui of Kerouac’s autobiographical 1962 novel…

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By Justin Lowe (291) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 19 Sep 2013

Filming a truly immersive and dimensional adaptation of a Kerouac novel remains an ongoing challenge for any filmmaker, but Polish’s film…

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By Rita R (12) on 10 Jun 2013

There are long stretches of readings from Kerouac's eponymous novel over a dramatization of the story neither of which really captured my imagination…

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