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By Alissa Wilkinson (499) for Vox (725) on 04 May 2017

The Lovers casts a longing glance over its shoulder at an older cinematic era while also remaining solidly rooted in the present…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 04 May 2017

Director Azazel Jacobs knows what he has in Winger, but her intensity is too much for this goofy grab bag of a movie…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 04 May 2017

A meandering but altogether mesmerizing film from writer-director Azazel Jacobs that finds buoyant comedy and touching gravity in the ashes…

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By Kent Turner (504) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 04 May 2017

If it wasn't set in anywhere-suburban Southern California, you would have sworn this was a French film by Patrice Leconte…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 04 May 2017

The wisdom of this meticulously crafted film is in its genuine irony, which amplifies steadily throughout until culminating in a moment of…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 03 May 2017

Its emotional reserves are deeper and more capacious, its sense of mystery more profound, than in just about any American movie of any scale…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 03 May 2017

The film belongs to Winger and Letts and I rooted for them through to the end. The goings on around them kept me at arms length, though…

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By Joey Nolfi (24) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 03 May 2017

Letts and Winger ... embody the aimlessness of their characters with pointed restraint as Michael and Mary…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Deadline Hollywood Daily (332) on 03 May 2017

A bitingly funny, sophisticated look at a marriage gone sour with sensational performances from Debra Winger and Tracy Letts…

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By Simi Horwitz (83) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 03 May 2017

An original and subtle comedy of remarriage, with top-notch performances by Debra Winger and Tracy Letts…

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By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 03 May 2017

Jacobs and his enviable cast play the humanity of the situation, its tenderness and its sadness, with an evenness and purpose that's sort of…

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By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 03 May 2017

Smart, unpredictable performances by Debra Winger and Tracy Letts and an uncommonly crucial score by Mandy Hoffman ensure that the picture's…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for The New York Times (9,847) on 03 May 2017

Falling with a thud between two stools, it has neither the zip nor the zaniness of farce nor the airy vivacity of the best romantic comedies…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 02 May 2017

Azazel Jacobs’ The Lovers is set in the sort of unremarkable, average, suburban America that is rarely depicted in American movies in anything…

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By Melissa Anderson (387) for Village Voice (8,525) on 01 May 2017

Jacobs lets casually observed details and offhand humor advance the story…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for indieWire (3,631) on 30 Apr 2017

The movie deals less with awkwardness of this comedic scenario than the emotions it creates for its central duo, and the psychological struggle…

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By Kimber Myers (423) for The Playlist (3,871) on 30 Apr 2017

The characters in The Lovers and the problems they face and struggle with feel entirely authentic, as does the magnetic chemistry between the leads…

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By Dan Callahan (211) for TheWrap (3,203) on 27 Apr 2017

This film is a real pleasure and surprise because it sees old emotions as things that can be replenished and renewed if you are open and not…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for The Guardian (2,969) on 27 Apr 2017

Rather like its central relationship, the film is messy and flawed yet painfully familiar…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 27 Apr 2017

The Lovers is a comedy of Middle American doldrums that leaves you rooting for its characters instead of smirking at them…

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