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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Mar 2012

It's intelligent, well-intentioned, and largely inert…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 08 Mar 2012

Watching the film, I felt impatience with these bullheaded men and the women who endure them…

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By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 07 Mar 2012

In The Forgiveness of Blood, director Joshua Marston makes a brave but risky choice by keeping almost all the violence off screen…

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By Monique J (14) on 04 Mar 2012

Men have always had reasons to kill one another and this movie highlights some of the stupidest…

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By Mark Sells (183) for The Reel Deal (52) on 28 Feb 2012

A film of stark contrasts, balancing old constraints with new freedoms…

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By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 27 Feb 2012

Shines a light on religiously imputed dictums of punishment while never betraying the universality of its thematic inquiry; shows that young…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 24 Feb 2012

Though not as good or gripping as his stunniung debut, Maria Full of Grace, this sophomore effort is a touching, relevant tale about social…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for NPR (1,713) on 24 Feb 2012

Richly photographed by Rob Hardy (who gave Red Riding: 1974 its almost surreal bleakness), this meticulously researched story (Marston spent…

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By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 24 Feb 2012

It's a classic slow burn, a collection of patiently assembled observational sequences that collectively portrays the psychological toll facing…

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By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 24 Feb 2012

Marston is so caught up in authenticity in settings and dialogue-and does so effectively-that he's less successful at explaining the intricacies…

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By V.a. Musetto (698) for New York Post (6,650) on 24 Feb 2012

A suspenseful work using nonprofessional actors and co-written with an Albanian filmmaker, shows Marston is no one-hit wonder…

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By Mark S (2,772) on 24 Feb 2012

The Forgiveness of Blood tells the story of an Albanian family who is caught in a blood feud after the father of the household is wanted for…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 23 Feb 2012

Quietly affecting and surprisingly dramatic, so long as you're willing to watch it unfold at its own deliberate pace…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Movieline (883) on 23 Feb 2012

It's the kind of movie that makes the world feel like a smaller place, suggesting that the similarities connecting us across continents and…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 23 Feb 2012

Sketches out with vivid detail all the familial mechanics and psychological bruising that accompanies all this ritualized vengefulness…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 23 Feb 2012

There is so much to admire in Joshua Marston's The Forgiveness of Blood that it's easy to overlook the miracle at its center: Marston's artistic…

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By Mark C (1,395) on 23 Feb 2012

No disrespect meant for the Academy Award nominees, but the best foreign language film this year (and one of the finest movies of any given…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 22 Feb 2012

This gripping if tamped-down drama is steeped in ancient Albanian culture, where the real, tragic consequences of blood feuds can keep families…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 22 Feb 2012

The Forgiveness of Blood is a sublime tragedy in its artless depiction of a society attempting to maintain social order with outdated methods…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for New York Observer (1,400) on 21 Feb 2012

The result is a film of great humanity that reveals Albania as a primitive region struggling to bridge the gap between medieval European customs…

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