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By Robert W (1,190) on 09 Dec 2008

Extraordinarily moving, makes you feel that being normal isn't so bad…

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By Eric F (636) on 06 Dec 2008

To be honest, this was one of the best, most heart-touching movies I've ever seen…

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By Rich S (214) on 05 Dec 2008

What starts out as a wacky comedy [with an ingenious premise] quickly veers off into heavier, more dramatic territory…

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By Todd Gilchrist (762) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 26 Nov 2008

Special works as an honest portrait of little people with big dreams even if it remains itself a little movie without a big impact…

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By Saad N (118) on 25 Nov 2008

A truly unique movie. Rappaport is fantastic as the, not exactly antihero but more like, unhero…

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By Ben Lyons (54) for At the Movies (175) on 24 Nov 2008

I just thought it was a cool indie film with a great leading performance from an actor we don't usually get to see in a lead…

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By Blair S (37) on 23 Nov 2008

I come from the future I no longer exists. ha ha…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 21 Nov 2008

The movie loses its way toward the end, shifting from wry black comedy to slightly overdone pathos…

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By Nathan Lee (205) for New York Times (5,786) on 21 Nov 2008

Either way, it doesn’t quite go far enough as psychological study or cultural commentary…

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By Jenna Busch (73) for UGO (350) on 21 Nov 2008

A beautiful metaphor for the desperate need to be important in a world where we rarely make personal connections any more, Special deserves…

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By Conrad M (86) on 20 Nov 2008

Caught the 2nd half of it. Became very intrigued by the novel concept. Very well played by Rappaport…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for AV Club (2,778) on 20 Nov 2008

Special recalls a minor-key Donnie Darko, but its vision is much more limited, and it sinks into Indiewood cliché whenever it reaches for profundity…

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By Adam Markovitz (84) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 20 Nov 2008

Thanks to Rapaport's brio in embracing the hero's drug-induced delusions, the movie is less a failure than a noble experiment gone awry…

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By Aaron Hillis (362) for Village Voice (8,525) on 19 Nov 2008

All that's left then is a miserablist analogue to M…

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By Derek B (567) on 17 Nov 2008

Good: Poetic, photography, music, VERY realistic effects, great stunts, interesting study of behaviour/individual, Michael Rapaport played…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 16 Nov 2008

This fantasy battle between good and evil is merely a cute, minor idea with little depth and even less conscious purpose, fit for a 15-minute…

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By Prairie Miller (985) for NewsBlaze (855) on 14 Nov 2008

Prankster moviemaking about a superhero duel with p-harm-aceutical barons, certain to make the deadly warnings whispered in all those gleeful…

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By Jenny A (46) on 06 Nov 2008

Really good, different movie. Would've been a 10, but I wanted it to have a little more depth and a little bit longer…

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By Jack G (1,167) on 02 Nov 2008

An extremely moving look at the superhero genre. It's funny in a very unique way, but it can also be depressing…

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By Atlas O (68) on 24 Oct 2008

Too sad and too indie, but Rapaport is great…

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