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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 30 Jul 2014

The landscapes are the best part of the film's power: woodlands grey with mist and rain; seasons grudging with their colours; a woody gorge…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for The List (2,018) on 28 Jul 2014

Moments of more traditional light relief aside, Carbone distinguishes himself from the pack with a debut that's for the most part brooding and spare…

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By Kevin Harley (322) for Total Film (3,532) on 27 Jul 2014

Providing the magnetic counter-balance for the plot's drift, Ryan Jones and Nathan Varnson give natural performances as small-town brothers…

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By Patrick Peters (101) for Empire (3,446) on 27 Jul 2014

Paced with steady assurance, this gentle bildungsroman is a impressive debut from director Daniel Patrick Carbone…

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By Carlos I (1,309) on 08 Jul 2014

No plot here really, you just ride along with two brothers as they deal with the loss of a friend and adolescence…

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By Clayton Davis (240) for AwardsCircuit.com (450) on 03 Jul 2014

Hide Your Smiling Faces is a magnificent portrait and Carbone's paintbrush laid strokes of love, anger, confusion, and a rainbow of emotions…

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By Oscar G (193) on 09 Jun 2014

Interesante y profundo anÃ¡lisis de la muerte, desde la perspectiva de dos niÃ±os…

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By Adamant (3) on 25 May 2014

An ambiguous, grey skied film about death and relationships set in an American countryside…

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By Ethan H (563) on 26 Apr 2014

Unique and natural in it's execution…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 22 Apr 2014

A meditation on death about two young brothers dealing with the sudden death of a friend and all the other losses around them…

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By Greg R (1,187) on 12 Apr 2014

Story about adolescents' anxiety about life taking-off, plus confusion about death. Decent, but rather dull…

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By Ray Pride (544) for Newcity (539) on 10 Apr 2014

Carbone has a voice, an eye, and one would guess had a boyhood in a mild wild like the one the brothers eddy through…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 Apr 2014

[Features an] outsider perspective, authentic locations, unforced naturalism, and fresh, improvisatory work by first-time actors…

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By Mark R. Leeper (892) for Mark Leeper's Reviews (297) on 05 Apr 2014

Daniel Patrick Carbone puts in so much of his resource into the texture and background of his setting that he neglects the plot…

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By John Hartl (735) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 02 Apr 2014

There's a startling stillness about the film, especially the opening scenes, that becomes a character in itself and helps to avoid softness…

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By Steve Dollar (16) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 30 Mar 2014

Traces of classic coming-of-age dramas such as Stand by Me and River's Edge are evoked in this lyrical and low-key reflection on sudden mortality…

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By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 30 Mar 2014

It's possible for a movie to confirm the innate filmmaking gifts of its helmer while still not quite succeeding as a standalone film…

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By Kurt P (27) on 29 Mar 2014

I've see this quietly powerful, lyrical film twice now…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 28 Mar 2014

It's not just these children's smiling faces that are hidden here - it's everything that might make you want to search out the meaning behind them…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 28 Mar 2014

What elevates Hide Your Smiling Faces is Carbone's gentle, lyrical touch where other filmmakers would have turned the same thematic concerns…

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