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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.
Old Joy is only 76 minutes long, but it has the contemplative power of Buddhist meditation. Reichardt gives us long, stoned takes of rural roads; shots of birds, insects and slugs in the spectacular Oregon rain forest; interludes with Mark's dog, Lucy. Some viewers may well be bored, or monumentally irritated, by this. I found it masterly, riveting. Read full review
It's in all the moments where little happens that Reichardt is most amazing, investing even a gas-station pit stop with perfect emotional pitch. Read full review
A triumph of modesty and of seriousness that also happens to be one of the finest American films of the year. Read full review
It feels so real it hurts, and it's the perfect antidote to all those movies where all sorts of stuff blows up. Read full review
Miniaturist in its level of detail and evocatively abstract, Old Joy captures the weary mood of a generation that's crested its peak along with an era, quietly making a case for how well suited film can be to capturing the finer points of human interaction while preserving their mystery. Read full review
Kurt and Mark's trip to those hot springs is a figurative return to Eden. Anyone who's had a disillusioning reunion with a moony old friend knows what Mark discovers: They're too old to stay that innocent. None of this hit me until after the movie ended. But it hit me hard: You can't go home again. Read full review
A beautifully nuanced study in friendship and the irretrievability of the past. Read full review
Old Joy is an accurately observed slice of that moment between postadolescence and parenthood, when friends cling or scatter, and circumstances force buried feelings to the fore. Read full review
The result is a film that fails to completely involve you, even as you admire its artistry. Read full review
Features some of the year's most beautiful scenery and two of its most wooden characters. Read full review
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… saddest, and most beautiful … Read full review