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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 29 Jul 2021

It’s clear that Damon and McCarthy have thought through this man in considered detail, from Bill’s plaid shirts to his tightly clenched…

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By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 28 Jul 2021

It’s the first time McCarthy has made such prickly use of his talent for summoning audience sympathy, allowing Bill’s regrets about his…

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By Jake Kring-Schreifels (40) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 28 Jul 2021

Is it possible to stand out and disappear at the same time? Matt Damon makes a convincing case study in Stillwater…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 28 Jul 2021

Stillwater feels like a movie filmed in a slightly blurry state of mind, then reshaped in the editing stage into a whole new blur…

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By Soren Andersen (496) for The Seattle Times (964) on 27 Jul 2021

For most of its length, Stillwater goes along as a meticulous examination of its central characters…

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By Isaac Feldberg (119) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 27 Jul 2021

As the film trickles toward its howler of a conclusion, any hopes McCarthy might somehow salvage this story evaporate. Stillwater sinks like a stone…

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By Barry Hertz (792) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 26 Jul 2021

It is at once highly watchable and baffling…

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By Derek Smith (382) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 25 Jul 2021

Stillwater gives itself over to drastic plot twists that derail what was already a film over-stuffed with narrative incident and ideas…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 20 Jul 2021

Audiences will come away feeling like they’ve really been somewhere, that they were moved by the people they met and expanded by the experience…

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By Richard Lawson (539) for Vanity Fair (761) on 09 Jul 2021

From one vantage point, Stillwater may just be a sentimental and lurid riff on the infamous Amanda Knox case…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 09 Jul 2021

The movie’s more interesting for being less obvious…

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By Ben Croll (93) for TheWrap (3,203) on 09 Jul 2021

Bracketed by genre on both ends, the middle third of this 140-minute film becomes a gentle tale about a misfit finding in a platonic relationship…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 09 Jul 2021

McCarthy pushes the thriller narrative in directions more extreme and harrowing than plausible, bringing Bill and Allison’s story to an unexpected…

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By Neil Smith (699) for Total Film (3,532) on 09 Jul 2021

Damon’s sturdy presence just about holds it together, while Breslin shows some impressive chops as the daughter who is too aware of his failings…

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By Ian Freer (515) for Empire (3,446) on 09 Jul 2021

Stillwater mashes up quest-for-justice, father-daughter dramatics, fortysomething romance and mid-life introspection for a refreshingly adult…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 09 Jul 2021

There’s real feeling in this story — and a genuine desire to challenge audience expectations — which is laudable but only takes Stillwater…

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By Caroline Tsai (12) for The Playlist (3,871) on 09 Jul 2021

It feels like a Frankenstein’s monster of at least two movies awkwardly combined—and perhaps a short, about French theater—riddled with…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 09 Jul 2021

Unfurling over a sluggish two hours plus, Stillwater is least convincing when McCarthy attempts to build suspense, with most of that work being…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 09 Jul 2021

McCarthy keeps dragging the film away from thriller and procedural territory and back to this blossoming domestic setup – but while Damon…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 09 Jul 2021

This is one to forget: a muddled, tonally misjudged, badly acted, uncertainly directed and frankly dubious drama, something that falls into…

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