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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 10 Apr 2014

You can be of two minds about the movie’s climax without shame. It’s galvanizing and, after all the accumulated tension, longed-for…

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By Mark Ellis (362) for Schmoes Know (710) on 10 Apr 2014

After seeing Joe, one wouldn't seem so crazy if they suspected Cage could be the next McConaughey to crawl out of the Straight-to-DVD doldrums…

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By Bob Mondello (417) for NPR (1,713) on 10 Apr 2014

For Nicolas Cage, whose dumb, rant-for-hire projects have lately been making audiences forget how good he can be, Joe is more than a rescue…

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By John Hanlon (483) for John Hanlon Reviews (327) on 10 Apr 2014

Nicolas Cage returns to form in this harsh but eye-opening drama that also features a great performance from the late Gary Poulter…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 09 Apr 2014

Nicolas Cage delivers what may his best, most nuanced performance yet in the gritty, hypnotic and deeply moving Joe…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 09 Apr 2014

A beautiful film, shot by Tim Orr, that is elevated by Mr…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 09 Apr 2014

As Wade, Gary Poulter is the most authentic-looking old drunk you'll ever see onscreen - something I thought before I knew the story of his…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 09 Apr 2014

Green’s movies rarely play out in conventional ways, and Joe, too, surprises in the end…

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 09 Apr 2014

Joe works better as a study of character and environment than as the thriller it tries to become in its final act…

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By Betsy Sharkey (695) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 09 Apr 2014

Though Joe occasionally slips and falters, the filmmakers and actors get all the hard-luck details right…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 09 Apr 2014

While Green is force-feeding us this hard-boiled hokum, he doesn’t distract us with many memorable images, as he did in his earliest films…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 09 Apr 2014

Joe and director David Gordon Green find a middle ground between the old, vulnerable Cage and the one that seemed to eat that other guy…

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By Peter Keough (994) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 09 Apr 2014

Joe is one more in the line of Southern Gothic miserabilism that includes “Winter’s Bone” and “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” films…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for New York Times (5,786) on 09 Apr 2014

Mr. Cage gives his most committed performance in years as this divided soul, but it still looks like acting when compared with Mr…

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By Noah Gittell (113) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 09 Apr 2014

A false start for both Cage and Green, two singular cinematic voices who have drifted too far into the seas of commercialism…

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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Orange County Register (218) on 09 Apr 2014

Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan can't save this story -- about a righteous ex-con becoming the surrogate father to an abused boy -- from turning…

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By Anders Wright (338) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 09 Apr 2014

Nothing happens that you can't see coming, and while that doesn't mean it's unsatisfying, it makes Joe feel like a foregone conclusion…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 09 Apr 2014

While Green deftly brings us into this small Texas town, perfectly capturing its inhabitants and their humid surroundings, the script by Gary…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 09 Apr 2014

The characters are rich and round with human contradictions…

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By Jonah Flicker (24) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 09 Apr 2014

This Southern Gothic story is overwrought and, despite its beautifully decayed deep South setting and flawed characters who might be interesting…

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