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Dueling Critics

starstarstarstar Kevin Thomas - LA Times
starstarstar Milton Kent - Baltimore Sun
starstarstar Jonathan Foreman - NY Post
starstarstar John Hartl - Seattle Times
starstarstar Charles Ealy - Dallas Morning News
starstarstar Wesley Morris - SF Examiner
starstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstar Stephen Holden - NY Times
starstar Mark Caro - Chicago Tribune
starstar Lisa Schwarzbaum - EW
starstar Gary Mairs - culturevulture.net
starstar John Anderson - Newsday
starstar Desson Howe - Washington Post
starstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews

It is a film of uncommon intelligence and rigor that illuminates a complex era, and the romance at its center is also one of exceptional passion and honesty

- Kevin Thomas

It's a bland and lifeless production with all the energy and ferocity of a rabbit (non-Monty Python genus) on Prozac

- James Berardinelli

Waking the Dead

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A promising political candidate questions his sanity when he starts seeing and hearing his long-dead lover. Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Molly Parker, Janet McTeer, Paul Hipp, Sandra Oh, Hal Holbrook, Lawrence Dane, Tony Calabretta, Ivonne Coll, Leah Pinsent. Director: Keith Gordon (1999, R)

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