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  • A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
  • Opened September 29, 2006 | Runtime:1 hr 38 min
  • R
    pervasive language, some violence, sexuality, and drug use
  • Dito Montiel (Robert Downey Jr.), a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother (Dianne Wiest), asking him to return home to visit his ailing father. Dito thinks back about his childhood, the violence in his Queens, N.Y., Read More
  • Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Shia LaBeouf, Chazz Palminteri, Dianne Wiest, Channing Tatum
  • Director: Dito Montiel
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama

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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Recent Fan Reviews

  • Must Go!

    unbeliveable!!!

    by tatum

    i loved this movie it was so sweet and realist and CHANNING TATAUM LOOKED GOERGOUS IN IT !!! 2 THUMBS UP!

  • So-so

    uh..

    by m3myselfndi

    even though CHANNING TATUM is HOT! It wasn't THAT great!

  • So-so

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    by 920

    The whole movie was cliche. Interesting selection of 80's music though. I think this movie tried to be "bigger" than it actually was.

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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Critic Reviews

Go Avg. Critic Score 67 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    This gallantly imperfect indie pops with attitude.

  • 80
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    This is an exceptionally assured debut, and Montiel exhibits rare care with...

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    In "A Guide," passion and imagination go a long way in transforming seemingly...

  • 80
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    hough the picture is wrenching, at times devastating, it leaves you with that...

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