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By Johnathan D (141) on 09 Aug 2018

This simple film is believable. It is also very sad. The music is the rails on which this train rides…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 08 Aug 2018

May be an old-fashioned take on a woman's liberation from a stultifying life, but its high craftsmanship, coupled with Macdonald's exceptional…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 08 Aug 2018

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 08 Aug 2018

Turtletaub goes deep on character, allowing Macdonald and Khan to reveal details of their lives, and also their dreams and fears, in a manner…

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By Ken Eisner (445) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 08 Aug 2018

Surprising is the director's lack of interest in making the jigsaw metaphor a jumping-off point for deeper thoughts or creative visuals…

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By Kate Taylor (347) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 08 Aug 2018

Turtletaub has some difficulty ending the film, which resolves itself with one too many closeups of Macdonald gazing out at the world, whether…

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By Tom Russo (407) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 07 Aug 2018

Why can’t the film maintain its subtler shadings throughout? It’s a puzzle…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 06 Aug 2018

Much of Puzzle feels schematic and, in the convenient solution to the family’s financial problems, a bit lazy…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 02 Aug 2018

Puzzle is a quiet wonder, one of those little films that comes out each year and leaves an indelible mark…

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By Leigh Monson (105) for Birth.Movies.Death. (774) on 02 Aug 2018

It examines the underlying emotions of its story without the flippancy one expects from so many stories of domestic drama…

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By Leah S (141) on 02 Aug 2018

Oh to just walk out of a movie feeling like you really saw something special! I adored this sweet simple tale so much…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 02 Aug 2018

Credit this earnest small-scale drama for offering a sincere exploration of a midlife crisis from a female perspective, even if the result…

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By Robert Kojder (605) for Flickering Myth (680) on 01 Aug 2018

The actual puzzle solving somehow feels like a gimmick more than anything; a failed attempt to present a traditional drama in a unique light…

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By Ray Pride (544) for Newcity (539) on 01 Aug 2018

Think Jill Clayburgh in An Unmarried Woman; think Kelly Macdonald in Puzzle…

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By Tricia Olszewski (442) for Washington City Paper (500) on 01 Aug 2018

Like the character, Puzzle is refreshing, predominantly because it doesn't follow the practicing-for-a-championship storyline that so many…

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By Anita Katz (182) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 01 Aug 2018

By remaining plugged into Agnes' emotions, focusing on her rising sense of who she is and what she wants, and by giving Macdonald the space…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 01 Aug 2018

Puzzle just kind of chugs along at its own pace, one of those small movies that packs a bigger punch, one in which, sorry, all the pieces fit…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Aug 2018

This is Agnes’ story, and this is Kelly Macdonald’s movie…

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By Vince Mancini (256) for Uproxx (697) on 01 Aug 2018

Puzzle is one of those rare movies whose acting is so good it elevates a mediocre story…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 01 Aug 2018

In any case, Puzzle ends strangely, in a way that’s not clear what the filmmakers intended or how we’re supposed to feel about it…

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