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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 15 Jul 2013

It's the movie's attention to detail that sells it, especially because the humanity of all the characters shines through…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 12 Jul 2013

Buhrstein, whose assuredness belies the fact that this is her first film, captures this dilemma mainly through Shira's eyes…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 10 Jul 2013

It's an artful, character-driven drama that constitutes a minor miracle of empathy…

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By Duane Dudek (861) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 03 Jul 2013

The narrative takes place within a reserved, insulated culture where silence is golden, conversations sound like prayers and a single tear…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 25 Jun 2013

Fill the Void’s greatest virtue is in the ways her characters take us beyond stereotypes even as she herself questions the value system of…

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By Katherine Monk (493) for Canada.com (402) on 20 Jun 2013

Like suffocating beneath a thick layer of protective plastic, Fill the Void feels like slow death…

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Oregonian (1,550) on 19 Jun 2013

Fill the Void is a fairly somber affair, its dourness only interrupted occasionally by moments of beauty or grace…

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By John Anderson (1,358) for Newsday (2,345) on 19 Jun 2013

Burshtein creates a one-of-a-kind portrait that nonetheless transcends its setting, and even its worldview; the dynamics are global…

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By Peter Keough (994) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 19 Jun 2013

Burshtein has achieved a gripping film without victims or villains, an ambiguous tragedy drawing on universal themes of love and loss, self-sacrifice…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 19 Jun 2013

The film is undeniably a celebration of community, but on Shira, one gets the disturbing whiff of Stockholm Syndrome…

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By Chris Chang (35) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 13 Jun 2013

Director Rama Burshtein's debut is nothing less than astonishing…

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By Carrie Rickey (1,198) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 13 Jun 2013

Burshtein keeps the camera tight on the faces of her actors in a way that succeeds at making visible the invisible heat between the characters…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 13 Jun 2013

There's a clotted and cramped feeling to Fill the Void that's downright creepy…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 12 Jun 2013

A sympathetic, layered portrayal, rich with detail, that earns its more complex and resonant conclusion…

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By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Jun 2013

None of the religious rituals feels particularly spiritual, and even the nominally happy ending fails to alleviate the oppressive tone…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 12 Jun 2013

I suspect Burshtein achieved what she set out to do with Fill the Void, but I found it repetitive and frustrating…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 12 Jun 2013

I suspect Burshtein achieved what she set out to do with Fill the Void, but I found it repetitive and frustrating…

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By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 09 Jun 2013

Will they or won't they…

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By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 07 Jun 2013

An exquisite, poetic film that is full of both the joy of life, even in grief, and in the fact that life inevitably goes on…

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By Walter V. Addiego (363) for Hearst Newspapers (14) on 06 Jun 2013

Fill the Void, a compelling and skillfully made domestic drama, is a rarity, a film that's both set within, and emerges from, a devoutly religious…

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