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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 07 Nov 2004

Working with bigger budget and name cast, Green has made a genre film in the Southern Gothic tradition that's less personal or accomplished…

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By Eric Harrison (215) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 05 Nov 2004

From its opening lines and first enigmatic image, everything about Undertow is both dreamlike and real, artfully elusive and matter-of-fact…

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By Cherryl Dawson And Leigh Ann Palone (956) for TheMovieChicks.com (956) on 05 Nov 2004

The first half works better than the second, but overall it's like a piece of wax fruit - nice to look at, but ultimately not very satisfying…

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By Walter Chaw (1,360) for Film Freak Central (1,643) on 04 Nov 2004

Undertow is good, but the perhaps unfair expectation based on just two pictures is that Green's films be sublime…

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By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 04 Nov 2004

A taut piece of Southern Gothic from Richardson native David Gordon Green…

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By James Rocchi (1,075) for Netflix (481) on 01 Nov 2004

Director David Gordon Green dishes up another striking film with this dark fable about two brothers running from a murderous uncle…

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By Jean Lowerison (512) for San Diego Metropolitan (486) on 29 Oct 2004

The Fugitive plot gets old pretty quickly and the viewer is left wishing they'd just get it over with…

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By John Anderson (1,358) for Newsday (2,345) on 29 Oct 2004

Hamstrung by a feeling that its director was striving for oddity, purely for oddity's sake…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 28 Oct 2004

Though at times tough going because of its violence and seeming hopelessness, the film has a genuine emotional pull…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 28 Oct 2004

Undertow is like The Simple Life without Paris Hilton, and it's not the improvement you'd think…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for PopMatters (2,617) on 28 Oct 2004

Undertow is most compelling when it's most impressionistic and peculiar, when the story gives way to odd bits of poetry and Orr's dreamily…

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By Steve Rhodes (1,488) for Internet Reviews (1,487) on 26 Oct 2004

Although he's the darling of many critics, I still don't understand the fascination with David Gordon Green and his films…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Ebert & Roeper (629) on 25 Oct 2004

Green has an uncanny ability to use his camera to almost sneak up on his subjects in a way that makes us feel we've dropped right into the…

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By Paul Salfen (92) for Supercala.com (431) on 21 Oct 2004

If only there was a little more structure and a noteworthy ending, Green would have really made a step forward…

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By Collin Souter (180) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 21 Oct 2004

Green again establishes himself as an indisputable filmmaking talent and the best of his generation…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 21 Oct 2004

A reasonably involving coming-of-age tale with undertones of Greek mythology…

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By Lisa Rose (163) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 21 Oct 2004

There's no arguing the revelation of Bell's performance…

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By Timothy Knight (332) for Reel.com (1,232) on 21 Oct 2004

Undertow is ultimately a haunting film that marks a startling change of pace for Green, one of the more interesting filmmakers to emerge on…

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By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 21 Oct 2004

Undertow boasts atmosphere to burn…

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By Jeffrey Chen (849) for Window to the Movies (638) on 20 Oct 2004

[Green's] suspense scenes in the first half were as effective as anything I'd seen…

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