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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 20 Dec 2012

Mood is more important to Not Fade Away than anything, but writer-director David Chase, who turned mood into masterpiece with every season…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 20 Dec 2012

Examines what it felt like to be a teen in 1963..What did it feel like when the world changed - and you were one of those who wanted to help…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 19 Dec 2012

Chase deals with the mundane reality that squashes those dreams, but he doesn't downplay the dreams themselves, which he keeps honoring throughout…

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By Kevin Lally (258) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 19 Dec 2012

Sopranos creator David Chase's feature debut is an engaging time capsule of an era when rock music profoundly impacted American culture…

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By Scott Foundas (913) for Village Voice (8,525) on 18 Dec 2012

It's a small gem with a killer rock soundtrack, well worth seeking out amid all the awards-season Sturm und Drang…

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By Kirk Honeycutt (1,481) for honeycuttshollywood.com (375) on 18 Dec 2012

Like many a semi-autobiographical piece, characters and events don't fall into place with the rigor of those 10-Step Programs of Good Screenwriting…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for Time Out (7,510) on 18 Dec 2012

It isn't until the story reaches its fancifully abstract final passages, where cinema displaces music as Douglas's weapon of choice, that Chase's…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 18 Dec 2012

His (Chase) ardent, acutely observed debut makes him, at 67, a filmmaker to watch…

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By Ronnie Scheib (420) for Variety (12,700) on 17 Dec 2012

Not Fade Away injects the past with the nervous energy and exciting uncertainty of the present, devoid of nostalgia or biopic baggage, and…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 04 Dec 2012

The film may be too meandering for mainstream acceptance, but its focus will make the Paramount Vantage release connect directly with many…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Film.com (1,892) on 19 Nov 2012

Feels like a three-part miniseries shoehorned into one nearly-two-hour morsel - there's too much going on in it for anything to have much weight…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 16 Nov 2012

A coming-of-age movie filled with songs and probably based on director David Chase's own teen years in a rock band…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 13 Nov 2012

An excellent transition into film [for David Chase] even if it's likely to have a far more limited audience than The Sopranos…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 22 Oct 2012

It's a mute button movie, with the textures of the production worth all the attention Chase pays to them, while the rest of the effort slides…

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By Jaime N. Christley (95) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 10 Oct 2012

Triumphs when David Chase's empowerment as a kind of autobiographical historian is balanced with the thrill of submersing the viewer in the…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 07 Oct 2012

A rollicking drama of a New Jersey band trying to make it during the rough-and-tumble chaos of the 1960s…

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By Matt Singer (625) for ScreenCrush (954) on 07 Oct 2012

Chase is the total package: a visual storyteller with a great ear for dialogue…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 05 Oct 2012

In his feature debut, Chase (Sopranos creator) walks a fine line between a familiar, sentimental coming of age tale and more personal and idiosyncratic…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for indieWire (3,631) on 05 Oct 2012

It's a period piece composed of familiar pieces, none of which have much to say beyond surface elements that have been explored countless times…

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