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By Kerri B (19) on 17 Mar 2013

Wonderful film. Great casting, directing, and writing…

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By Stacy O (6) on 15 Mar 2013

What an incredible little film...Like one of Trainer Bob Baffert's winning Race horse's this film just smoked out of the starting gate…

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By Carolyn A (46) on 14 Mar 2013

This movie has all the heart and soul that the Ice storm never had…

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By Salley G (1) on 18 Feb 2013

A beautiful, well told drama. I highly recommend it. Restrained and well paced, engaging and emotional, all while never being cliche…

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By Deborah A (28) on 16 Feb 2013

Great film produced by local Dallas people...thought provoking and well acted…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 15 Feb 2013

It's a misfire from screenwriter Gretchen Dyer and director Julia Dyer, who can't connect the puzzle pieces, resulting in a movie of attentive…

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By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 14 Feb 2013

Modest in scale, it's the kind of American independent film that brings some honor to that shopworn descriptor…

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By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 10 Feb 2013

If The Ice Storm was a band, think of this as the minor-chord, label-unsigned, opening act for its opening act…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 10 Feb 2013

A reliance on melodrama prevents a deeper and more insightful glimpse into the characters and subject matter…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 08 Feb 2013

The drama often feels posed and inert. Even so, it strikes more than a few chords as it digs deeper than period cliché…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 08 Feb 2013

A detailed, and depressing portrait of grim, forced independence…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 08 Feb 2013

The tone of The Playroom is one of soppy moroseness. This imitation “Ice Storm” is as refreshing as a step into a puddle of slush…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 07 Feb 2013

The Playroom captures the malaise of mid-’70s suburbia with a merciless accuracy not seen since Ang Lee’s 1997 film, “The Ice Storm.”…

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By Ronnie Scheib (420) for Variety (12,700) on 07 Feb 2013

Although Dyer's sophomore feature clearly intends to capture the magical otherness of a child's p.o.v., nothing in her strangely aloof mise-en-scene…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 07 Feb 2013

A chamber piece cousin to The Ice Storm, The Playroom hones in on the mentality of so many irresponsible '70s era parents whose children grew…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for NPR (1,713) on 07 Feb 2013

Between the loaded conversations and metaphors, and the phony overlay of a children's fairy tale, The Playroom can't stop telegraphing themes…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for AV Club (2,778) on 07 Feb 2013

More than anything, The Playroom feels like an excuse to explore this retro house from a child’s point of view—which is perfectly okay,…

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By Frank Scheck (1,741) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 05 Feb 2013

A rare example of a grown-up story compellingly told from the perspective of children, The Playroom is a modest gem…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 05 Feb 2013

The precedent for a movie like this is Ang Lee’s bruised The Ice Storm, but whereas that film sprung from a novel that burns with indictment,…

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By Chris Packham (159) for Village Voice (8,525) on 05 Feb 2013

The Playroom jettisons all things cute, but still takes flight by portraying the characters, adult and juvenile, under direct lighting, and…

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