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By Jluis_001 (2,242) on 29 May 2018

It is not an easy film and it doesn't deal with a easy theme, in addition to the fact that the paused way in which the story is told will not…

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By Felipe F (595) on 28 May 2018

Masterful performances with complex storytelling. The 115 minute runtime feels necessary and deserved. Laura Dern becomes Jennifer Fox…

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By Matt Roush (19) for TV Insider (10) on 28 May 2018

Dern's performance grows more anguished as she relives this sordid history and confronts the aged Bill (the late John Heard) in an explosive…

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By Jade Budowski (38) for Decider (264) on 27 May 2018

Jennifer Fox's dramatization of her own childhood sexual abuse is a searing, necessary watch…

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By Raquel R (127) on 27 May 2018

Brave & beautiful! I wasn't sure about the topic, reading the description of the movie, but I watched the trailer and decided I was in…

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By Eric Deggans (3) for NPR (1,713) on 26 May 2018

Ultimately, The Tale is a wrenching, heartfelt success…

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By Steve B (1,343) on 26 May 2018

It's a good and worthy story of overcoming complacency/denial and confronting the difficult truth - in this case, abuse from the past…

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By Allison Shoemaker (83) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 26 May 2018

Restraint and simplicity are words that can be applied to every performance in The Tale, and nearly all of those performances are excellent…

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By Danielle Solzman (397) for Solzy at the Movies (339) on 25 May 2018

The Tale is not a wonderful story by any means but it's so beautifully crafted by Jennifer Fox with a career-best performance by actress Laura Dern…

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By Amy Glynn (35) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 24 May 2018

This beautiful, gripping, disturbing film deserves to be looked at with as much nuance as it offers…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 24 May 2018

What a remarkable performance by Laura Dern…

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By Margaret Lyons (4) for New York Times (5,786) on 24 May 2018

Its distinctive structural style, with narration that weaves in and out of flashback, is intriguing, and strong performances, especially from…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 24 May 2018

It’s the 48- and 13-year-old Jenny sitting side by side, spent, against the wall of a women’s restroom, together in their helplessness,…

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By David Sims (534) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 24 May 2018

The Tale is above all a work of profound empathy, as a look inside someone’s psyche would have to be…

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By Sheila O'malley (474) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 24 May 2018

The film is one long interrogation, not only from Jennifer the character's standpoint, but from a directorial standpoint…

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By Ed Bark (23) for Uncle Barky (23) on 23 May 2018

In this view, its overall story of innocent susceptibility, bogus fulfillment, latter day denial and hard-earned closure triumphs over what…

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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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