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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 22 Jan 2015

Pacino in low doses can be fulsome, and this is 10,000 cc’s of super-concentrated Al and his patented air of electrified stuporousness —…

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By Steve Macfarlane (121) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 21 Jan 2015

Philip Roth's original ending is cranked up to 11, flattening the more interesting contours of Al Pacino's performance into a martyr's desperate…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Village Voice (8,525) on 21 Jan 2015

Levinson and Pacino's willingness to explore the creakier end of life isn't a drawback; it's what gives The Humbling its bittersweet vitality…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 20 Jan 2015

For every element that doesn’t work...there’s a moment that crackles with electricity and conviction…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 20 Jan 2015

I'm sure Barry Levinson had no idea Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu was making the all-too-similar Birdman…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 20 Jan 2015

The Humbling should have been more brisk, should have been cut, and should have had more of the Pacino who finishes this thing off with a flourish…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 19 Jan 2015

[VIDEO ESSAY] Now that Birdman has collected awards and Oscar nominations, it's sour grapes to suggest that an injustice has been done to The…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 16 Jan 2015

Pacino still gets a blast out of acting. His performance in this film about a blocked performer is gloriously unblocked – a valentine to vanity…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 13 Jan 2015

Al Pacino modifies his usual hammy style in this satire on May-December romances and commentary on the transitory nature of celebrity…

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By Gary Goldstein (1,089) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 04 Dec 2014

If you can adjust to the film's uneven rhythms and often illusory vibe, there's a treasure trove of off-kilter humor, affecting pathos and…

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By William Bibbiani (788) for CraveOnline (813) on 09 Sep 2014

Sometimes works as a farce, sometimes as a depressing drama, but by the artificially cynical finale it's abundantly clear that both tones have…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 09 Sep 2014

Pacino demonstrates considerable comic chops in The Humbling — which has some interesting similarities to “Birdman.’’ It loses some…

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By Nicholas Barber (220) for BBC.com (1,500) on 01 Sep 2014

It's a boldly unconventional film from Barry Levinson ... But ultimately he takes its cloudy vagueness too far…

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By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 01 Sep 2014

A missed opportunity that squanders the talents of a pretty stacked cast and jeopardizes the audience’s patience and care for its spoiled…

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By Jo-Anne Titmarsh (79) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 31 Aug 2014

An intelligent, incredibly funny and most human film…

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By Mark Adams (368) for Screen International (2,241) on 30 Aug 2014

Engaging but languid and only intermittingly amusing and provocative…

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