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By Matt Ward (84) for Cinematic Considerations (84) on 05 Nov 2018

Paterno attempts to say a lot of things about a lot of different subject matters... None of them are achieved particularly well…

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By Christopher James (60) for AwardsCircuit.com (450) on 29 Oct 2018

The movie takes on an interesting topic but narrows it too much that it misses why the story is interesting and important…

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By Funmi Sunmonu (25) for Add This To Your List (25) on 06 Sep 2018

I don't think that the film gives you a full perspective of what this sex scandal is, how [Paterno] was involved and how Sandusky was involved…

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By Tim Appelo (178) for AARP Movies for Grownups (302) on 26 Apr 2018

Pacino may collect awards for his thoughtful, moving performance, but he can't make the script a unified experience…

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By Kevin Ritchie (37) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 19 Apr 2018

The Penn State sex-abuse scandal exposed complicity in college sports, but Barry Levinson's drama about the school's legendary football coach…

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By Clint Worthington (295) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 18 Apr 2018

When something as world-shattering as this scandal comes along, [Al] Pacino deliberately drains his signature verve from Paterno, playing up…

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By Roger Catlin (31) for rogercatlin.com (27) on 15 Apr 2018

Al Pacino has specialized in playing actual people for HBO films, from Roy Cohen to Phil Spector, Jack Kavorkian and now Joe Paterno, in an…

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By Kahron Spearman (20) for The Daily Dot (155) on 10 Apr 2018

This is no lionizing biopic…

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By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 09 Apr 2018

It's the Nittany Lions against the Christians…

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By Jacob Knight (117) for Birth.Movies.Death. (774) on 08 Apr 2018

As a motion picture, Paterno is at odds with itself - playing both as a chamber piece character study and a Spotlight-style investigative journalism…

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By Alison De Souza (8) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 08 Apr 2018

Where this movie may really lose you, though, is when it asks you to care about what and when Paterno knew of the abuse, or even to feel sorry…

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By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN.com (607) on 05 Apr 2018

Yes, it's interesting to watch Paterno's end as his family tries to rally around him, but there are too-few glimpses of Penn St…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 05 Apr 2018

Now, with the title role in HBO's unsettling and riveting and scathing Paterno, Pacino reminds us of why he's a singular talent…

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By Christopher Lawrence (234) for Las Vegas Review-Journal (433) on 05 Apr 2018

Through Aaron and Ganim's Spotlight-style reporting, Paterno finally puts a human face on the Sandusky atrocities…

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By Hank Stuever (48) for Washington Post (9,851) on 05 Apr 2018

Parallel to its main narrative, Paterno briefly becomes another and perhaps more interesting kind of movie - one of those stirring Spotlight-style…

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By Jake Nevins (13) for Guardian (4,584) on 05 Apr 2018

At times, the film does a fine job handling extremely upsetting material, but for the most part it's plagued by a problem of perspective, constantly…

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By Dorothy Rabinowitz (15) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 05 Apr 2018

Al Pacino's Paterno is so convincing, and eerily lifelike it becomes necessary from time to time, to remember that this isn't the actual coach…

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By Matt Brennan (26) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 04 Apr 2018

Paterno's most grimly compelling through line [is in] the ways in which the Paternos, Penn State officials, the campus, the community, the…

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By Ken Tucker (102) for Yahoo! TV (20) on 04 Apr 2018

It's a very good performance in a very good film that avoids sensationalizing the crimes in order to explore pain on many levels…

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By Matthew Gilbert (50) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 03 Apr 2018

Paterno is a small movie that tells a story many of us already know, but it nonetheless makes its big point strategically and effectively…

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