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By Beth Accomando (509) for KPBS.org (509) on 02 Nov 2007

Control is a brilliant feature debut by Corbijn, and a compelling portrait of the life and art of the late Ian Curtis…

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By Charles (27) on 30 Oct 2007

Excellent film... as a JD fan, I thought it was done in a way that even non-JD fans could enjoy it…

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By Roguem. (1) on 26 Oct 2007

I hated this piece of pretentious rubbish…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 26 Oct 2007

A work of art disguised as a rock-star biography, it's an evocative portrait of an iconic outsider and the place that he tried to transcend…

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By Tom Keogh (466) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 25 Oct 2007

Control suffers a bit from a touch of dry art-house-movie self-consciousness…

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By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 25 Oct 2007

Director Anton Corbijn seems determined not to let the music get in the way of the human story, and his fervor goes too far…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 25 Oct 2007

Control doesn't claim to know the reasons Curtis killed himself…

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By Liz Braun (961) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 25 Oct 2007

Control is never less than completely engaging. The film is visually mesmerizing…

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By Terry Lawson (645) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 25 Oct 2007

Riley gives a star-making performance as the complicated Curtis, and gets more points for convincing director Corbijn, who has shot the film…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 25 Oct 2007

The result is both a surprisingly lucid portrayal of clinical depression and dramatically a bit stiff…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 24 Oct 2007

Though it follows the usual biopic formula, Corbijn's stark, black-and-white widescreen visual scheme restores some of the story's real power…

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By Bill White (195) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 24 Oct 2007

Control is director Anton Corbijin's first feature, and he too frequently makes the mistake of falling back on his rock video skills…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 24 Oct 2007

The cast is excellent, particularly Riley and Morton and, as Joy Division’s brash manager, Toby Kebbell…

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By Urban Cinefile Critics (1,069) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 20 Oct 2007

A tragic and overtly personal story about an ultra-sensitive artist of the 70s who finds his instincts push him beyond his comfort zone, and…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 17 Oct 2007

Control honors its subject’s eternal self-doubt by honing in on that truth and leaving the legend to others…

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By M.a.p (2) on 15 Oct 2007

Without even being a complete Joy Division fan, the band's music has been very significant to me over the years and I really couldn't get over…

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By N.j. (3) on 13 Oct 2007

An honest movie about a truly significant band. A times the scenes are a little schematic…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 12 Oct 2007

Though it comes off as a rather familiar and superficial story of a rocker's rise and fall, it has enough style-- and...intensity--to compensate…

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By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 12 Oct 2007

The dull, obvious ending doesn't quite erase the successes of the first half, but it's a close one…

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By Dannyg. (15) on 11 Oct 2007

Beautiful film - I'm not even bothered about Joy Division. Excellently realised…

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