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By Susan W (125) on 26 Dec 2004

[b]This is an incredible film! It brings to light gender and class issues amidst the hot topic of abortion…

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By Elona T (3) on 26 Dec 2004

[b]This is an incredible film! It brings to light gender and class issues amidst the hot topic of abortion…

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By Nick Davis (360) for Nick's Flick Picks (358) on 12 Dec 2004

Vera Drake is soul-stirringly good, but it's occasionally a little overt in staging its themes and insights…

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By Scott S (1,964) on 10 Dec 2004

The real accomplishment of Vera Drake is how it humanizes the issue of abortion rights, placing it in a particular social millieu and focusing…

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By Alan Dale (91) for Blogcritics.org (91) on 28 Nov 2004

[T]his can't be called naturalism…

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By Brian Gibson (578) for Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) (665) on 20 Nov 2004

Leigh takes the steady pulse of one woman's quietly remarkable life and turns it into one of the most absorbing, memorable films of the year…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 09 Nov 2004

Hints about America's future under Bush may theoretically be unearthed in Great Britain's past, or at least the past as catalogued by Mike…

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By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 09 Nov 2004

This is Staunton's moment in the sun. Her portrayal of the disintegration of Vera's spirit is wrenching…

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By Markb. (197) on 09 Nov 2004

Film history is loaded with instances of foreign filmmakers who seem to know America better than most Americans do…

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By Mark Palermo (504) for The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (715) on 08 Nov 2004

Vera Drake finds an artist of Leigh's sincerity and seriousness at the top of his game. It's the best film of its type since In America…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 06 Nov 2004

Tough and grim, Vera Drake is not as brilliant as Naked but it's an emotionally harrowing tale that admirably avoids judging or condescendeing…

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By Jeff Vice (1,455) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 05 Nov 2004

There's a gentleness and sweetness to Vera Drake that belies how edgy, controversial and ugly some of the material is…

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By Sean O'connell (919) for Eclipse Magazine (446) on 05 Nov 2004

Moves slowly but stays engaging, guided by the storyteller's masterful touch…

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By David N. Butterworth (570) for Movie Boeuf (266) on 05 Nov 2004

Another bleak, harrowingly realistic drama from Mike Leigh highlighted by a phenomenal star turn by Imelda Staunton in the title role…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 05 Nov 2004

Leigh's gift in Vera Drake is that he doesn't help us decide what to think of Vera, but he does help us understand her…

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By James Rocchi (1,075) for Netflix (481) on 04 Nov 2004

In postwar Britain, Vera Drake helps the needy and pays for it dearly in Mike Leigh's underplayed and overwhelming drama…

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By Richard Nilsen (100) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 04 Nov 2004

All the actors so completely fade away that you come out of the film thinking you've seen the real people, not players reciting a script…

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By Marty Mapes (591) for Movie Habit (892) on 03 Nov 2004

A very good drama, rich cinematography, and an impeccable performance by Staunton…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for Premiere Magazine (318) on 02 Nov 2004

Imelda Staunton is absolutely astonishing…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 02 Nov 2004

Mike Leigh shapes his superb film as a repressed working-class companion to All or Nothing, establishing a vivid place and time but offering…

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