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By Steve Murray (153) for ArtsATL (57) on 11 Jun 2018

Like much of Chekhov's work, The Seagull is about missed opportunities, and the film version is one itself…

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By Christopher Llewellyn Reed (298) for Film Festival Today (161) on 07 Jun 2018

Try as they might, the ensemble…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 03 Jun 2018

Seagull, as radiantly self-absorbed as Bening can be, as self-serious as Howle and Stoll come off, as winsome as Ronan remains and as funny…

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By Diane Carson (151) for KDHX (St. Louis) (284) on 31 May 2018

Good actors love sinking their teeth into the vortex of intertwined, colliding lives with irreconcilable priorities and/or personalities…

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By Steve Davis (486) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 30 May 2018

It’s a daunting task to mount a stage production of the play these days, given the college-lit symbolism embodied by its hapless titular…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 30 May 2018

At times you feel like you're watching bits and pieces of two or three different films. Happily, they're all pretty good ones…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denerstein Unleashed (254) on 30 May 2018

Mayer's adaptation works in fits and starts, but if you're interested in the way a new group of actors approach important theatrical roles,…

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By Calvin Wilson (480) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 30 May 2018

One has to wonder why the film was even made if it had to be so disastrously compromised. Chekhov would be appalled…

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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 24 May 2018

Annette Bening embraces her character's imperiousness and narcissism, somehow staying likable as she demands to be the center of attention…

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By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 24 May 2018

A story full of passion and longing and rage and betrayal that comes across as abstract verging on bloodless…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 24 May 2018

Finding the right balance among tones and subtexts can be tricky. In this case, despite some flourishes, the film lacks a deeper resonance…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 24 May 2018

a quick stepping adaptation featuring a fabulous cast…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 23 May 2018

Bening is great fun to watch here, even when she’s just watching…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 23 May 2018

The film casts Annette Bening as the vain, aging stage actress Irina Arkadina, Saoirse Ronan as the naive country beauty Nina, and Elisabeth…

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By Bernard Boo (61) for PopMatters (2,617) on 20 May 2018

The Seagull is a charming, if not all that poignant, comedy of manners whose true strength lies in the myriad one-on-one interactions between…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 17 May 2018

I found the movie to be just light enough to avoid feeling like a prestige project and just weighty enough to feel like it's worth the trouble…

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By Robert Kojder (605) for Flickering Myth (680) on 17 May 2018

There really isn't much to go on with any of these characters besides the connecting tissue of unrequited love, but if you're like me and find…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 17 May 2018

The best reason to check out the film is for Saoirse Ronan's tender, wrenching performance as the lovelorn Nina, and, especially, for Annette…

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By Roxana Hadadi (336) for Pajiba (523) on 17 May 2018

Everyone is unhappy, almost exhaustingly so, but the casting here is exquisite, and the performances are equal to the themes of class warfare,…

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By Kristen Lopez (178) for Spectrum Culture (164) on 16 May 2018

The Seagull is the story of beautiful people living in luxury, dealing with their unhappiness in a way that leaves others (and, by extension,…

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