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By Kevin Ritchie (37) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 23 May 2018

Dern, not surprisingly, rises to the occasion as a woman questioning everything she knows. The power in her performance is in moments of quiet flux…

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By Caroline Framke (10) for Variety (12,700) on 23 May 2018

Fox’s directing and script are so purposeful and direct that it can be very hard to watch The Tale without having to look away…

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By Anne Cohen (87) for Refinery29 (181) on 22 May 2018

The film feels like [Jennifer Fox is] taking us on a journey of self-exploration without a foregone conclusion, which makes the end result…

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By Kelly Lawler (6) for USA Today (4,117) on 21 May 2018

Fox and Dern hope The Tale will empower more people to not only share their own experiences with sexual abuse, but speak up when they witness…

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By Alissa Wilkinson (499) for Vox (725) on 12 May 2018

In The Tale, Fox takes an experience that’s far, far too common — and newly visible in American culture — and mines it for its emotional…

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By Mike Ryan (265) for Uproxx (697) on 30 Apr 2018

This is an excellent, poignant, and amazing film that will stick with you. I can’t stop thinking about it…

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By Amber Wilkinson (674) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 09 Apr 2018

The film is, necessarily, shocking but Fox handles what must have been difficult emotional material for her in a cool and responsible way that…

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By Leslie Felperin (768) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 13 Mar 2018

One of the singular aspects of Fox's script is that it honors the messiness of real-life events, even if that means the film itself sometimes…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 06 Mar 2018

An immense, brave, and genuinely earth-shaking self-portrait that explores sexual assault with a degree of nuance and humility often missing…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 12 Feb 2018

Both a natural extension of Fox’s career to date and a complete about-face, The Tale marks her first narrative feature, but only because…

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By Tomris Laffly (460) for Time Out (7,510) on 30 Jan 2018

It's a bold, significant piece of work: an investigative thriller with a grave finale that stuns you into silence, then, hopefully, something more…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for We Live Entertainment (357) on 27 Jan 2018

If it sounds too tough to watch, it's really not…

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By Jason Guerrasio (61) for Business Insider (73) on 23 Jan 2018

[Luara] Dern gives a powerhouse performance as a strong-willed woman who has to reexamine her life…

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By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for Village Voice (8,525) on 23 Jan 2018

It takes a remarkably assured artist to make all this work, and Fox is savvy about how she eases us into her complicated narrative…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 23 Jan 2018

Brilliantly constructed and heartrendingly performed, The Tale feels as cathartic and cleansing as a primal scream…

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By Matt Goldberg (248) for Collider (1,032) on 22 Jan 2018

The Tale is one of the bravest and smartest movies I've ever seen…

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By Ethan Anderton (34) for Slashfilm (971) on 22 Jan 2018

Director Jennifer Fox is one of those women, and she tells her brave and heartrending true story in The Tale by using memory and documentary…

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By Kevin Fallon (32) for The Daily Beast (380) on 22 Jan 2018

It would be impossible to list the myriad tenets of the conversation surrounding abuse and victimhood that the film explores…

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By Richard Lawson (539) for Vanity Fair (761) on 22 Jan 2018

There’s a bracingly alive quality to The Tale, as if it’s sentient and thinking in real time, giving the piece a gripping immediacy…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for Guardian (4,584) on 22 Jan 2018

I want more people to see The Tale because it’s such an innovative, honest and important film…

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