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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 03 Apr 2014

The rambling plot may resemble a lyric from a mawkish country song but the film-makers bring an engaging mix of tenderness and grit to the…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 02 Apr 2014

The film is heavy-going, unformed and self-indulgent, with characters who are neither sympathetic nor (crucially) interesting…

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By Sophie Monks Kaufman (221) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 02 Apr 2014

Stephen Dorff excels as a luckless hobo in this bruised and booze-soaked adaptation of Willy Vlautin's 2007 novel…

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By David Hughes (139) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 30 Mar 2014

Powerful, moving and melancholy. A low-key treat…

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By Private U (13,627) on 05 Mar 2014

Loved this movie! The actors' performances were phenomenal…

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By Micah A (14) on 03 Mar 2014

The sketch animation that is incorporated in the film added to the story. This was one of my favorite aspects of the films…

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By Benito R (73) on 14 Feb 2014

It's simply a mood piece, that is worth a single watch…

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By Ian C (1,796) on 31 Jan 2014

The Polsky brothers really capture the depressing theme of the book…

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By Antennille C (1) on 11 Dec 2013

Slow paced but good drama. Great acting from Stephen Dorff…

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By Nastiti U (8) on 07 Dec 2013

I guess I have this weird tendency of liking fragile mood and heartwarming movie. Dorff absolutely broke my heart in every single scene he has…

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By Sam Adams (514) for Time Out Chicago (129) on 02 Dec 2013

This debut film does establish a fragile mood that lingers like a morning fog…

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By Manny C (1,251) on 02 Dec 2013

Life has not been kind to the brothers Flannigan, Jerry Lee (Stephen Dorff) and younger brother Frank (Emile Hirsch)…

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By Thomas W (1,104) on 29 Nov 2013

Rare is the film that completely catches me off guard and surprises me with an excellent, simple little story filled with compassion and understanding…

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By Ariel R (304) on 24 Nov 2013

¡Muy Buena Película…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 22 Nov 2013

As the protagonists wallow in melancholy and despair, they drag helpless moviegoers in with them…

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By Ron Wilkinson (582) for Monsters and Critics (513) on 17 Nov 2013

Love and loyalty often carry the day. But love and loyalty are not carrying the day now…

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By Deborah Young (235) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 15 Nov 2013

The central performances by Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff hold the film together with the intensity of their brotherly affection and support…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 13 Nov 2013

More of an actors' showcase for Stephen Dorff and Emile Hirsch to get in some sharp practice than a cogent drama, The Motel Life is a warts-and-all…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 13 Nov 2013

The feature spikes its lonesome mood with shots of dry humor, animated sequences and flashbacks — at times overplaying its hand, even as…

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By Bloodmarsh K (498) on 12 Nov 2013

The movie is well directed and Emil Hirsch and Stephen Dorff do a great job portraying brotherly love…

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