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By Argun Ulgen (34) for PopMatters (2,617) on 10 Nov 2017

Certain Women's extraction of so much humanity and visual beauty from this despondent outlook renders it a minor masterpiece…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 15 Oct 2017

Certain Women is so low-key that you find yourself wondering whether anything is ever going to happen…

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By Sarah Marrs (566) for Lainey Gossip (399) on 12 Oct 2017

I don't hate it, but I'm not sure I really like it, either…

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By Jeffrey Edalatpour (80) for KQED (San Francisco) (22) on 17 Sep 2017

The deference to her collaborators belies Reichardt's hold on the psychological landscape - and on the inner lives of her characters - that…

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By Anwen Crawford (47) for The Monthly (Australia) (39) on 11 Sep 2017

[Kelly] Reichardt's characters are not taken from comic books; they are not easy heroes or outsize villains…

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By Harry Readhead (15) for Metro (UK) (700) on 04 Sep 2017

What unites these vignettes, which are based on the stories of Maile Maloy, is a sense of alienation and isolation, and the perceived powerlessness…

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By Diane Carson (151) for KDHX (St. Louis) (284) on 28 Aug 2017

With the film Certain Women director Kelly Reichardt proves again that she is as much a poet as a storyteller…

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By Karen Gordon (174) for Original Cin (1,156) on 09 Aug 2017

As quiet as Certain Women is, these characters continued to live for me, long, long after the lights came up…

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By Indra Arriaga (96) for Anchorage Press (104) on 20 Jun 2017

Certain Women is undoubtedly beautiful, but solemnly beautiful at that, and requires viewers to watch attentively and with focus; as when viewing…

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By Graham Fuller (154) for Culture Trip (49) on 19 Jun 2017

An eight-hour trip on a highway doesn't equal eight hours in a wagon dragged by mules…

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By Tina Hassannia (118) for National Post (1,405) on 18 May 2017

While Certain Women is focused somewhat on the nuance of dialogue and its intertwining with body language, it's a deliberately quiet and reserved…

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By Kate Taylor (347) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 18 May 2017

Stewart does an intriguing job creating a paradoxical character who explains herself without giving of herself, her very persona exposing the…

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By Bruce Demara (410) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 17 May 2017

This is not a film of big revelations or ready-made solutions…

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By Ken Eisner (445) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 17 May 2017

Those who surrender to its compassionate take on survivors of their own harsh hinterlands will be richly rewarded…

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By Craig Mathieson (459) for The Sunday Age (488) on 23 Apr 2017

These stories takes shape against the backdrop of everyday tasks and ritual-like chores; these women can't transcend the lives that they have…

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By Sarah Ward (538) for Concrete Playground (635) on 22 Apr 2017

Every masterfully-composed frame seethes with thoughts left unspoken but sentiments still made plain…

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By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 20 Apr 2017

The three stories, which very loosely overlap, are handled in a minimalist yet subtly emotional manner and this calm, understated film is a delight…

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By Sophie Mayer (12) for Another Gaze (53) on 10 Mar 2017

Certain Women would like you to listen, but it's not going to shout for your attention…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 10 Mar 2017

Viewers who take the time to peer underneath the surface will find plenty of churning drama and resonance…

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By Saskia Baron (43) for The Arts Desk (640) on 10 Mar 2017

Not a movie filled with laughs, action or startling revelations but one that sticks in the memory and impresses with its subtlety…

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