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Dueling Critics
starstarstarstar Stephen Holden - NY Times
starstarstarstar Stephen Hunter - Washington Post
starstarstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstarstar Mark Caro - Chicago Tribune
starstarstarstar Margaret McGurk - Cincinnati Enquirer
starstarstarstar Lisa Schwarzbaum - EW
starstarstarstar Kenneth Turan - LA Times
starstarstarstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News
starstarstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstarstar Mark Burger - Winston-Salem Journal
starstarstar Joe Baltake - Sacramento Bee
starstarstar Jack Mathews - Newsday
starstarstar Elizabeth Weitzman - Film.com
starstar Allan Ulrich - SF Examiner
starstar Bob Hicks - Portland Oregonian

“One of the most insightful and wrenching portraits of the joys and tribulations of being a classical musician ever filmed”

- Stephen Holden

“A train wreck of a movie . . . What a compelling movie this might be, you think, if only you could fit the pieces back together”

- Bob Hicks

Hilary and Jackie
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The life of the late cellist Jacqueline du Pre (Emily Watson), told from the perspective of her sister Hilary (Rachel Griffiths) and brother Piers (Rupert Penry-Jones). James Frain, David Morrissey, Charles Dance, Celia Imrie, Bill Paterson, Auriol Evans, Keeley Flanders. Director: Anand Tucker (1998, R)
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