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Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: As this intimate, beautifully observed film unfolds, you realize that the story's themes are relevant no matter what age you happen to be. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Bergmanesque and beautiful, set in a wintry landscape fitfully lit by one woman's flickering awareness and one man's long-term, stubborn love, Away from Her is one of the most remarkable and moving love stories the movies have recently given us. Read more
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: A twilight-of-life love story, one that harshly demolishes our romantic notions of love and loyalty, then replaces them with something deeper and, finally, more consoling. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: A feature film that's often astringent on the surface, yet deeply and memorably stirring. Read more
Ted Fry, Seattle Times: Superb, from its subtle atmospheres to its fine performances. Julie Christie is exquisite as ever purveying the spirit of a woman whose radiance remains even as it dims like the glow of sunset on a snowbound lake. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: [A] modest yet infinitely moving film of love, loss and memory. Read more
Tasha Robinson, AV Club: Mostly, it's a subdued, well-shot character study that observes rather than dictates emotions. Read more
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic: In Away From Her, four of the best actors in the world turn material worthy of their talents into the best movie of the year so far. The result is moving the way the best-written literature can be, telling us something about ourselves. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: A straightforward but engrossing drama about what love is worth when memory is gone. Read more
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times: Away From Her is poignant, wise and unafraid -- just the sort of film for a young person, or any person, for that matter, to make. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: It's Christie who places this powerful love story about the cruelties of aging within hailing distance of Leo McCarey's sublime Make Way for Tomorrow. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: Away From Her is cause for celebration if only because it stars the great Julie Christie in her first lead role in many years. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Upon seeing Away From Her again, I'm content with my sense memory. I'm even more pleased with how much of this fine film's nuance and detail feel fresh. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A tremulous adaptation of acclaimed Canadian storyteller Alice Munro's much-tougher-minded short fiction about love and Alzheimer's, The Bear Came Over the Mountain. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: How invigorating it is to see portrayed such a range of complex, intelligent women, each of whom is surviving in an independent orbit rather than joined at the hip in some gooey movie idyll of sisterhood. Read more
David Denby, New Yorker: The movie, [Sarah] Polley's feature debut, is a small-scale triumph that could herald a great career. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: With luck, [more] skills will develop in Polley, and we'll have the opportunity to watch them. For now, though, we have Christie to look at. And the heartbreaking slow-motion tragedy of a vibrant woman being buried alive under the shifting sands. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Every actress who's ever frozen her emotions with Botox should be forced to watch this film before returning to the plastic surgeon's office. It's the lines in Christie's face -- deeply etched, deeply earned -- that make her so heartbreakingly lovely. Read more
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: I think it's one of this year's finest and most memorable films. Read more
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: I have seen few films in recent years as emotionally engrossing and edifying. It is not to be missed by any moviegoer professing to be looking for something different. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: A heartbreaking and memorable cinematic experience. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Beautifully written, from an Alice Munro short story, this movie directed by an actress rarely missteps, even when it bravely includes the dark humor inherent in this situation. Read more
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: A remarkable character study from actress-turned-director Sarah Polley, Away From Her is a triumph for Christie, who like Helen Mirren and Diane Keaton, grows lovelier and more compelling with every performance. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Represents one of the few clear-headed, uncompromising looks at [Alzheimer's] and its impacts. Read more
Paige Wiser, Chicago Sun-Times: Away From Her isn't just a portrait of Alzheimer's. For a generation that doesn't have a lot of marital role models, it's also a lyrical portrait of what it means to stick with a person for the long run. There are no easy answers. Read more
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: Polley captures the brisk, cheerful fascism of nursing-home existence with merciless clarity; if you've visited a parent or grandparent in one of those places, you may want to laugh and cry in the same moment. Read more
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: Away From Her got to me in a way no other movie has this year, eliciting copious tears. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: As terrific as Christie's performance is, it's the superb Pinsent who's left to register most of the internal emotional turbulence as a reserved man who no longer shares a past with the woman he's spent his life with. Read more
Dave Calhoun, Time Out: The writing and the peformances are intelligent enough to make this a rare if difficult pleasure, and Christie especially shines. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: Does the finest job of any film in painting a believable portrait of aging, capturing the sadness, confusion, anxiety and defiance of the early stages of dementia. Read more
Dennis Harvey, Variety: A gracefully wrought study of a long-term marriage being wedged apart by Alzheimer's. Read more
Ella Taylor, Village Voice: [A] superbly tacit chamber piece. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: Rarely has love at any age been depicted so honestly on screen. For such a fully realized portrait to be created by a 28-year-old first-time director is even more remarkable. Read more