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By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 09 Apr 2014

Ultimately, the plot feels second to a well-executed, beautifully shot look at various struggles around class, opportunity and crushing rural poverty…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 09 Apr 2014

At a certain point, the backcountry stories become a blur. In its own, rugged landscape, though, each film carves itself into the tree…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 09 Apr 2014

It's messy and crude, but Joe has meaning that breaks through eccentricity, finding a tale of bruised compassion to help balance out all the…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 08 Apr 2014

As for the Austin-based Green, the director’s characteristically understated style is well-suited to this material…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 08 Apr 2014

For two hours or so, he becomes a magnetic actor again, the same vibrant presence who wowed audiences with his work in Leaving Las Vegas and…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 08 Apr 2014

Both Cage and Sheridan (who shined opposite Matthew McConaughey in Mud) give true and at times tender performances…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 08 Apr 2014

David Gordon Green’s Joe largely succeeds in immersing us in a rural world of cruelty, ugliness, decay, neglect and aggression, but if there…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 08 Apr 2014

has a real feel, at once dreamy and doomed, that's hard to shake…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for McClatchy-Tribune News Service (291) on 07 Apr 2014

Joe is the movie that will make you remember how good Nicolas Cage once was and can be again…

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By Amy Nicholson (961) for Village Voice (8,525) on 07 Apr 2014

Joe is Cage's periodic reminder that he's one of his generation's great talents…

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By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 07 Apr 2014

Joe’s brilliance doesn’t lie in its destination, but in the gripping, intense, surprisingly joyous and funny journey it takes to get there…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for Time Out (7,510) on 07 Apr 2014

Yet Green, as is his wont, too often strains for poetic effect through flowery voiceover and tone-deaf interactions — like those between…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 07 Apr 2014

A whiskey-slugging melodrama that wears its considerable heart on a tattered sleeve that smells of last night's cigarettes, Joe is David Gordon…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 06 Apr 2014

A powerful piece of Southern gothic that gives Nicolas Cage his best role in years…

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By Chase Whale (135) for Film Threat (5,156) on 06 Apr 2014

Powerful and crushing. Joe is another profound achievement in David Gordon Green's career…

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By David Lee Dallas (23) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 05 Apr 2014

Director David Gordon Green finds a balance between symbolism and realism in his storytelling that allows the film to be many things at once…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for GeekNation (86) on 15 Mar 2014

A reminder of director David Gordon Green's knack for atmosphere, and of 17-year-old Tye Sheridan's status as one of the most promising young…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for Indiewire (3,631) on 15 Sep 2013

If Joe marks a new beginning for some of its characters, the same description applies to its director and star…

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By Oliver Lyttelton (141) for The Playlist (3,871) on 15 Sep 2013

It’s not exactly doing anything new, but it’s a muscular and textured piece of work that shifts assuredly through tones and genre, features…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for Film.com (1,892) on 15 Sep 2013

Cage, not one known for subtlety of late, is truly great in this sad, funny and tender role…

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