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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 19 Dec 2018

The plastic terror of The Polar Express melded with the kooky charm of Forrest Gump is a bad, sometimes outright icky, way to tell a tale of…

Review of Welcome to Marwen (2018)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Screen International (2,241) on 19 Dec 2018

For a movie that’s supposed to be about a modern-day Geppetto bringing his dolls to life, the wooden Welcome to Marwen never makes it out…

Review of Welcome to Marwen (2018)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 19 Dec 2018

[Zemeckis'] latest...seems to exist mainly to show off a new mode of special effect, one which accentuates socket jointed dolls with real eyes…

Review of Welcome to Marwen (2018)

By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 19 Dec 2018

The remarkable career of artist and photographer Mark Hogancamp has been turned into an elaborate and misjudged movie of baffling pass-agg…

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By Joyce Slaton (58) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 19 Dec 2018

Art helps man cope with trauma in fact-based drama…

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By Kiko Martinez (245) for San Antonio Current (241) on 19 Dec 2018

The blurred lines between reality and imagination make for a tonal dilemma the film is unable to solve…

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By Christopher Lloyd (287) for The Film Yap (559) on 19 Dec 2018

Welcome to Marwen is a decidedly offbeat story of trauma and redemption. We all find ways to cope with our pain. Art, and movies, are a way…

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By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 19 Dec 2018

Based on the story of a man beaten so mercilessly he had to construct a fantasy world in order to survive his great pain and suffering, Robert…

Review of Welcome to Marwen (2018)

By Garrett Mitchell (27) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 19 Dec 2018

Though lacking in subtlety, Robert Zemeckis' Welcome to Marwen delivers a sentimental fantasy world worth wading in…

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By J. Don Birnam (36) for Splash Report (34) on 19 Dec 2018

Welcome to Marwen neuters what could have been a profoundly touching story about triumph over adversity…

Review of Welcome to Marwen (2018)

By Edward Douglas (1,395) for The Weekend Warrior (71) on 19 Dec 2018

Frequently has you asking, 'Who was this movie supposed to be for…

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By Greg Cwik (29) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 19 Dec 2018

The whole endeavor feels like a disservice to Mark Hogancamp’s story, in no small part because no one in the film feels human, even outside…

Review of Welcome to Marwen (2018)

By Emily Yoshida (237) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 19 Dec 2018

Welcome to Marwen is a totally confounding movie…

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By Sam Adams (514) for Slate (2,081) on 19 Dec 2018

Welcome to Marwen is a tragedy, not because of how Mark’s story ends, but because it’s the work of a filmmaker who’s never been more…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for indieWire (3,631) on 19 Dec 2018

“The most original movie of the year?” Not quite…

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By Matthew Dougherty (34) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 19 Dec 2018

Director Robert Zemeckis hits a new artistic low with Welcome to Marwen, a film that mistakes schmaltz for substance and employs downright…

Review of Welcome to Marwen (2018)

By Robbie Collin (1,612) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 19 Dec 2018

The film is such a crackpot tangle that it is even hard to fathom what a successful version might have looked like…

Review of Welcome to Marwen (2018)

By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 19 Dec 2018

Hogancamp was a talented illustrator before the attack rendered him unable to draw…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 19 Dec 2018

Welcome to Marwen is a misjudgment only a first-rate filmmaker could make…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 19 Dec 2018

If Marwencol made your heart go out to Mark, Welcome to Marwen does something quite different. It makes you want to back away from him slowly…

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