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By Janet Smith (81) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 24 Nov 2015

What led one of the most successful actors in Hollywood to craft this deeply odd vanity project…

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By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 24 Nov 2015

Never assume anything about anyone' has been my mantra for many years so it is no surprise when characters in a film demonstrate the veracity…

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By Richard Brody (868) for New Yorker (1,403) on 23 Nov 2015

It’s a romantic, erotic drama that’s told with an unusual blend of rapture and coldness, of overwhelming yearning and clinical detachment…

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By Emma Dibdin (195) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 21 Nov 2015

Squandering its dramatic potential on clumsy dialogue and empty visuals, By the Sea is too languid and meandering to register as anything much…

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By Jen Chaney (126) for Uproxx (697) on 20 Nov 2015

It's a movie where every pause is long and every line of dialogue is supposed to carry great meaning, but ultimately sounds weighed down by…

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By Mathew Dekinder (396) for Suburban Journals of St. Louis (395) on 20 Nov 2015

I can't completely hate on this movie in spite of the fact it bored me to the point of near unconsciousness because there is something to be…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 20 Nov 2015

The point to all this seems to be life is cruel and people are jerks, but sometimes very good-looking jerks. Deep…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 20 Nov 2015

I spent the hours ... counting the times Jolie's dialogue seemed to arrive in the form of a capsule review. Am I really this dull…

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By Robert Horton (590) for HeraldNet (Everett, WA) (288) on 20 Nov 2015

Failed effort though it may be, I liked watching this film…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 19 Nov 2015

Tepid and pretentious, it sinks in slow-paced self-indulgence…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 19 Nov 2015

What are the artistic purposes for this tedious collection of frowning, drinking, bickering, peeping and smoking scenes…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Nov 2015

Pitt invests the vague, cranky relationship with his usual intelligence and restraint, but the movie is destined to rank with such celebrity-couple…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 19 Nov 2015

This movie won’t be for everyone; you’ll need to dive back into European arthouse cinema from the Sixties to find anything quite like it…

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By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 19 Nov 2015

It's tempting, of course, to speculate about how much of the Pitts' marriage is poured into that of the fictional couple…

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By Gail Pennington (25) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 19 Nov 2015

In addition to starring, Jolie Pitt wrote and directed By the Sea…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 19 Nov 2015

Jolie Pitt is going for a European cinema vibe here, but all the smoking, drinking and speaking in French can’t disguise the fact that there…

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Oregonian (1,550) on 19 Nov 2015

It's beautifully photographed, but pretentious, overlong and trite…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for New York Observer (1,400) on 19 Nov 2015

Looking lovely and catatonic, Angelina Jolie, who now calls herself Angelina Jolie Pitt, has come up with an exercise in self-indulgence for…

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By Josh Bell (1,421) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 19 Nov 2015

It's a deeply felt personal statement that ends up with very little to say…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 18 Nov 2015

When it isn't permissive with performances and indulgent with its run time, the picture has a few insightful ideas to share about loss and…

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