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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 27 Jun 2017

As tiresome an evening at the movies as any humorless drone could ever hope to inflict on an audience…

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By Max Cea (15) for Salon (312) on 27 Jun 2017

Despite the hit-and-miss nature of this highfalutin concept-art, Manifesto comes across as successfully, outrageously funny…

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By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 21 Jun 2017

Cate Blanchett plays 13 unconnected characters in wildly disparate situations who shout, whisper, and otherwise recite both famous and not-so-famous…

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By Walter Addiego (380) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 21 Jun 2017

There’s something to be said for simply watching Blanchett at work…

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By Walter V. Addiego (363) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 20 Jun 2017

A kind of monotony sets in, as if we're being compelled to hear the effusions of a bright adolescent in an endlessly defiant mood…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 14 Jun 2017

Blanchett, whose body of work already includes playing elf-queen Galadriel, human queen Elizabeth I, Katherine Hepburn and Bob Dylan, does…

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By Graham Fuller (154) for Culture Trip (49) on 12 Jun 2017

The disjunction between what's being said and who's saying it is intermittently amusing, but as the weighty speeches blend into an incoherent…

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By Noah Gittell (113) for Washington City Paper (500) on 08 Jun 2017

For anyone who has ever said, Cate Blanchett is such a great actress that I would watch her read the phone book, Manifesto is here to hold…

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By Pat Padua (495) for Washington Post (9,851) on 07 Jun 2017

It’s a treat to watch an actress at the top of her game, flexing her interpretive muscles in a showcase that is inventive and thought-provoking…

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By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 01 Jun 2017

Some bits are less effective and/or more obscure, but few last long enough to wear out their welcome, thanks to writer-director Julian Rosefeldt's…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 24 May 2017

Whatever Rosefeldt intended, Manifesto doesn’t quite set forth a manifesto of its own. But it’s a blast of fresh air…

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By Sheila O'malley (474) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 11 May 2017

The film is thought-provoking, visually arresting, and occasionally very self-important…

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By Serena Donadoni (158) for Village Voice (8,525) on 11 May 2017

The actress is equally committed, regardless of whether content and context click, but she soars when they do…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 11 May 2017

The goal of any manifesto is making its aims as clear as possible…

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By Boyd Van Hoeij (303) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 10 May 2017

Rosefeldt and a very game Blanchett spring one surprising creation on the viewer after the other…

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By David Fear (910) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 10 May 2017

That's what Blanchett is doing here. She adds a human element. She can turn anything into art. Even artistic navel-gazing…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 09 May 2017

By far the best film to come along in the first half of 2017, Manifesto is as thought and discussion-provoking as films come…

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By Josephine Livingstone (57) for The New Republic (897) on 09 May 2017

The production is extraordinary considering the constraints…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 09 May 2017

A tapestry of masterful performances that [...] push[es] past traditional boundaries in order to locate deeper, more authentic truths…

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By Elina Alter (3) for Brooklyn Magazine (241) on 09 May 2017

Spliced and layered, stripped of their contexts, gathered just because they are available, the manifestos lose whatever meaning they once held…

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