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By Rex Reed (1,506) for New York Observer (1,400) on 16 Jun 2015

Written with wit and nuance and sensitively directed by Maya Forbes, who makes a formidable feature-film debut, this is a movie that informs…

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By Kate Erbland (681) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 16 Jun 2015

As good as Ruffalo and Saldana are, the best parts of the film are the lovely, unpretentious performances by Imogene Wolodarsky (Forbes’…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Village Voice (8,525) on 15 Jun 2015

Much of what happens in Infinitely Polar Bear could be unbearably painful, but Forbes sees the cracked humor in everything…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 12 Jun 2015

One of Mark Ruffalo's most engaging performances…

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By John Esther (94) for UR Chicago Magazine (83) on 11 May 2015

A warm, touching story about family, the film is not without its social merits…

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By Cara Nash (110) for FILMINK (Australia) (1,405) on 26 Mar 2015

Wrapped in a comic playfulness, some may accuse Forbes of trivialising the realities of living with a mentally ill individual, but the storytelling…

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By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 20 Mar 2015

The film's saving grace is the cast, especially perhaps the two girls, Imogene Wolodarsky and the younger Ashley Aufderheide, who deliver vibrant…

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By Jordan Adler (82) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 03 Sep 2014

A personal project that features both scars and sweetness, Infinitely Polar Bear is bolstered by excellent acting and full of rich emotional detail…

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By John Defore (1,351) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 06 Feb 2014

A feel-good picture that is a little less affecting than it might have been, but is entertaining enough…

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By Sam Fragoso (108) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 31 Jan 2014

While there's an earnest nature to the film that's hard to dislike, Infinitely Polar Bear is unpleasantly laced with manipulative screenwriting…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 30 Jan 2014

In her [Maya Forbes] insistence on finding the happy ending, Infinitely Polar Bear doesn't find enough of the sadness and pain that would have…

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By William Bibbiani (788) for CraveOnline (813) on 24 Jan 2014

A film of sweet reassurance, preaching that shaky foundations aren't always destined to crumble…

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By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 24 Jan 2014

Could be subtitled the lighter side of manic depression. Ruffalo is terrific, and the film is ultimately great family entertainment…

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By James Rocchi (1,075) for The Playlist (3,871) on 23 Jan 2014

Forbes’ script simply cannot make the things she lived through alive for us in anything but the most glib, shallow and contrived way…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 21 Jan 2014

Ruffalo, a master of rumpled befuddlement, finds his signature role here—it can't be overstated how deftly he eases into the tricky creation,…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Variety (12,700) on 19 Jan 2014

Forbes brings a marvelous warmth and specificity to this story of a mixed-race family struggling to survive, aided considerably by one of Mark…

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