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Critical Consensus

Dueling Critics
starstarstarstar Kenneth Turan - LA Times
starstarstarstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstarstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstarstar Lou Lumenick - NY Post
starstarstarstar Desson Howe - Washington Post
starstarstar Stephen Holden - NY Times
starstarstar Peter Brunette - Film.com
starstarstar Michael Dequina - The Reel Site
starstarstar Mark Caro - Chicago Tribune
starstarstar Ken Fox - TV Guide
starstarstar John Hartl - Seattle Times
starstarstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstarstar Edvins Beitiks - SF Examiner
starstarstar Philip Wuntch - Dallas Morning News

“A mature, accomplished piece of work, both funny and deeply felt, personal cinema of the best kind”

- Kenneth Turan

“Charming but slight . . . [it] isn’t the bracing walk through Baltimore that [director Barry] Levinson's earlier films provided”

- Philip Wuntch

Liberty Heights
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Fourth film in Barry Levinson's 1950s Baltimore series: Two Jewish brothers (Adrien Brody and Ben Foster) experience anti-Semitism and racism as they grow up. Orlando Jones, Bebe Neuwirth, Joe Mantegna, Rebekah Johnson, David Krumholtz, Richard Kline, Vincent Guastaferro. Director: Barry Levinson (1999, R)
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