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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 20 Nov 2012

One of the year's most gripping dramas, a visual wonderstruck with an emotional chord that reverberates far beyond the awesome imagery…

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By Jeffrey Westhoff (767) for Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (767) on 20 Nov 2012

Ang Lee, in his best work since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, makes 3-D integral to the storytelling in this miracle of a film…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 20 Nov 2012

Is it real? Is this whole story real? I refuse to ask that question…

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By Betsy Sharkey (695) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 20 Nov 2012

There are always moral crosscurrents in Lee's most provocative work, but so magical and mystical is this parable, it's as if the filmmaker…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for Movies.com (1,002) on 20 Nov 2012

Lee's use of 3D -- the best since Hugo -- proves that while the format is pushed for the money, it's meant for the masters…

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By Katey Rich (412) for CinemaBlend (829) on 20 Nov 2012

It's a movie cinema lovers can rally behind and gawk at forever…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 20 Nov 2012

Ends up feeling like something to be admired more for its ambition than its accomplishment…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Beliefnet (937) on 20 Nov 2012

Ang Lee's exquisitely beautiful fairy tale story of an Indian boy shipwrecked with a Bengal tiger, and their journey home…

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By Eugene Novikov (936) for Film Blather (908) on 20 Nov 2012

Built around a revelation and thematic punchline that is such specious nonsense that nothing else it says or does or shows us really matters…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 20 Nov 2012

A spectacular high-seas epic that employs technology brilliantly and underscores the power of a vividly told story…

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By Cary Darling (452) for Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com (553) on 20 Nov 2012

Technology and transcendence may sometimes be at war, but in Life of Pi, Ang Lee's spectacular take on the popular Yann Martel novel, they…

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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 20 Nov 2012

A character in Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi tells us this will be a story to make us believe in God…

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By Calvin Wilson (480) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 20 Nov 2012

Life of Pi is as enchanting as it is ambitious…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 20 Nov 2012

Lee uses 3D with the delicacy and lyricism of a poet. You don't just watch this movie, you live it…

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By David Frese (73) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 20 Nov 2012

From the CGI to the subject matter, the film contains several layers of fiction, but regardless of your level of belief, Life of Pi always feels true…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 20 Nov 2012

Lee's bigger theme isn't God or survival, but the awesome adventure of making the imaginary visible, the adventure of making movies…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 20 Nov 2012

It is a story for which its elements are remarkably defined, underlined, and presented as lesson for you to learn…

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By Jim Vejvoda (203) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 20 Nov 2012

Director Ang Lee delivers a gracefully realized, visually gorgeous, and emotionally powerful film…

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By Kent Turner (504) for School Library Journal (73) on 20 Nov 2012

The film ... will make you firmly believe in the power of movies…

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By Caryn James (352) for James on screenS (89) on 20 Nov 2012

Full of 3D wonders, but in the end no more than an easygoing, unchallenging adventure movie…

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