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A Letter to True
2008
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2.4
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2.5
Webers mythologising of American loss of innocence (what, again) and his homilies on world peace play on tired liberal totems like Martin Luther King ..
Time Out
2.5
Suddenly, its a movie about everyones worst nightmare a loved one who vanishes.
San Francisco Chronicle
1.5
A corny hodgepodge of gooey sentiment mixed with half baked mush and strained pieties.
Village Voice
2.5
The film is as two dimensional as a photo album and certain juxtapositions suggest such shallowness that one can only hope theyre accidental.
Tv Guide
2.2
Eventually, Webers theme is recognizable, but never cogent...animal lovers looking for a canine paean will find small nuggets to savor
1.5
Pretty pictures, indeed, and highly diverting, but the spoken text which accompanies them is oftimes troublingly glib.
Film Journal International ..
3.0
Few film makers would try anything so definitively personal; Weber doesnt always get away with it, but what emerges here is always interesting. And ni ..
Guardian
3.0
What at first glance seem like random episodes involving animals are actually lyrical impressions connected by the idea of unconditional love.
Calendar Live
4.0
More a quasi autobiographical meditation than a conventional documentary, A Letter to True continues Bruce Webers scrapbook approach to cinema.
Boxoffice Magazine
1.5
While Webers voice over throughout the film often strains for profundity on subjects such as 9/11 and the Iraq War, hes concise and on point in relati ..
La Weekly
4.5
It remains eminently watchable and theres no doubting the affection Weber feels for his chums, pedigree or otherwise.
Sky
1.0
The film, a rambling love letter to Webers favourite doggy, True, crudely interweaves the photographers usual obsessions tough, shirtless boys and fad ..
Entertainment Times Online ..
2.0
Because of its diffused focus, this glossy and self indulgent home movie is only intermittently memorable.
Film Forward
1.9
Weber is a sly raconteur with great names to drop, and his doggie footage is a kick.
Los Angeles Daily News
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