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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for BBC.com (1,500) on 12 Sep 2015

Abraham hasn't done the basic work of interpreting Williams' life; he lays out the incidents as if he were dramatising a Wikipedia entry…

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By Sarah Kurchak (64) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 12 Sep 2015

It should be impossible to turn this kind of raw material into such an interminable slog, and yet somehow writer and director Marc Abraham...managed…

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By Andrew Barker (315) for Variety (12,700) on 11 Sep 2015

Despite a thoroughly committed, impressive performance from Tom Hiddleston as Williams (and an even better one from Elizabeth Olsen as his…

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By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 11 Sep 2015

Hiddleston’s intense performance lends a little frisson to an otherwise familiar, if gorgeously-mounted tale about a troubled musical genius…

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By Jordan Mintzer (201) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 10 Sep 2015

It’s unfortunate that Light feels both too traditional and too concerned with showcasing life behind the music, instead of trying to explain…

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By Gregory Ellwood (229) for HitFix (861) on 10 Sep 2015

Despite the worthy efforts of stars Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen, the Hank Williams biopic I Saw The Light is a shockingly bad movie…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for The Playlist (3,871) on 10 Sep 2015

Abraham the writer lets down Abraham the director, and ultimately lets down his stars and Spinotti, too…

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