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

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    A wise and touching film with a lot of love in it. I may have given the wrong impression: It's not entirely about drinking, it's just entirely about a drinker. Read full review

  • 63
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Wilmington

    Thanks to the actors and the way the movie lets them loose, it's often funny or moving at all the right moments. Read full review

  • 60
    Chicago Reader | J.R. Jones

    This downbeat indie drama gives the leads a few excellent scenes together, and they acquit themselves credibly. But there's also a fair amount of wilted comedy from the stock supporting characters. Read full review

  • 60
    Variety | Robert Koehler

    Writer-director Matt Mulhern confidently anchors his drama-comedy about an alcoholic Atlantic City pit boss with good writing and sharp dialogue. Script never treats characters as less than human. Read full review

  • 40
    Film Threat |

    Loaded with unoriginal ideas, weak comedic concepts, and underwhelming emotional climaxes, the movie is the definition of bland. Read full review

  • 40
    The Onion A.V. Club | Scott Tobias

    Duane Hopwood is suffused with hangdog dreariness, equivalent to a unsoled shoe treading rainwater. Read full review

  • 38
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea

    A fairly dreadful melodrama drenched in self-pity. Read full review

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