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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 08 Sep 2016

It feels like the idea for a short that inexplicably has been drawn out to feature length…

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By Calvin Wilson (480) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 07 Sep 2016

What the film has going for it is a terrific performance from Weisz, who renders Alice at once sympathetic and enigmatic…

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By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 07 Sep 2016

This is a movie that unspools in a manner that makes me think this would have been better as a play (and the filmmakers have stage work in…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Sep 2016

Writer-director Joshua Marston gives Shannon a chance to shine as a character more pedestrian than the ones he usually plays, though the story…

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By Mark Sommer (24) for Buffalo News (278) on 07 Sep 2016

The missteps in Complete Unknown may be the film's biggest unknown of all…

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By Ron Wilkinson (582) for It's Just Movies (121) on 06 Sep 2016

In spite of a great cast this film fails to get across any discernable point…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 01 Sep 2016

Shannon is usually playing human question marks in the movies, so it's a twist here to see him playing the normal guy, except Shannon is too…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 01 Sep 2016

May seem superficial, until you consider that this is also the life of actors…

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By Noah Gittell (113) for Washington City Paper (500) on 01 Sep 2016

Weisz ably hints at a river of pain underneath her icy hot exterior, but the parameters of her character require her to remain frustratingly…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 01 Sep 2016

There's a playlike quality to Complete Unknown (Marston's cowriter, Julian Sheppard, has extensive credits in the theater)…

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By Tom Russo (407) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 31 Aug 2016

The film comes across as an irksome contrivance…

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By Anders Wright (338) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 31 Aug 2016

Ambiguity in cinema is a rarity nowadays, and Complete Unknown squanders its commodity when all is said and done. But it's unique and different…

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By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 31 Aug 2016

Director and co-writer Joshua Marston likes to let his scenes run long; occasionally, this proves engaging (a dinner party that goes from gregarious…

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By J.r. Kinnard (152) for PopMatters (2,617) on 31 Aug 2016

There's nothing splashy to see here, just an awkward evening with two extremely interesting people…

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By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 31 Aug 2016

Roger Ebert often said that what matters is not what a movie is about, but how it's about it…

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By Donald Strohman (26) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 31 Aug 2016

Complete Unknown knows not what story it wants to tell, and leaves off as a complete misfire…

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By Stephanie Merry (410) for Washington Post (9,851) on 31 Aug 2016

Even if it’s not quite as thrilling as it first seems, Complete Unknown poses questions that practically beg for animated conversation about…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 31 Aug 2016

Much is promised and too little is delivered. What is delivered are intense performances by two terrific actors…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for New York Observer (1,400) on 31 Aug 2016

Directed by the accomplished Joshua Marston, who made the riveting Maria Full of Grace, this one is slick and wonderful to look at but too…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 31 Aug 2016

Because these actors are Weisz, on whose beautiful face emotions flicker like fireflies, and Shannon, whose faintly mournful expressions imply…

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