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Fugitive Pieces
2008
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Fugitive Pieces
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39
Negative reviews
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Average Rating
3.1
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1.5
Advertisement Fugitive Pieces is a lush looking film, and the changes Dillane goes through are touching and even upliftingbut those payoffs come late, ..
Av Club
4.4
If Fugitive Pieces has a message, it is that life can heal us, if we allow it.
Rogerebert
4.0
This is to say that Fugitive Pieces is satisfying and deeply engaging where it might have stopped at being simply florid.
Indie Wire
1.5
A generally dull and unmemorable adaptation of Anne Michaels extraordinary prose poetry novel.
Variety
3.3
One of the most delicate, approachable and rewarding Holocaust movies of recent years.
Time Out
3.1
Image, like identity, is always coming into focus throughout Fugitive Pieces.
5.0
The deal, viewed as a tragedy by some E.U. leaders but still approved unanimously, will likely come with steep costs for both sides.
2.0
Anne Michaelss highly regarded 1997 novel about the love life and artistic struggles of a World War II orphan is a thicket of richly poetic language, ..
Telegraph
2.5
The drama in director Jeremy Podeswas film plays almost exclusively on the face of Stephen Dillane, as a Polish escapee from the Nazis who lives to gr ..
Ny Daily News
3.1
Podeswas film has a clean sheen, and the cast is uniformly attractive and earnest.
Philly
4.0
The story makes many poignant observations about memory, suffering, and the redemptive power of love.
Spirituality And Practice
2.5
The title informs the storytelling style the intent is for all the pieces to eventually come together to form a narrative and emotional whole.
ReelViews
3.1
Within this twisty balancing act the film can barely breathe, much less move.
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.5
Clooney delivers as superb and fascinating a performance as one mightve expected, and its to his credit that the movie remains watchable even through ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
Podeswa manages his material with grace and sensitivity, but also has a way of romanticizing it: Although performed with complete conviction by all in ..
News Review
2.0
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Independent
3.0
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News Day
2.5
But despite a more upbeat ending than when it opened last falls Toronto International Film Festival, Fugitive Pieces, however well meaning, is still p ..
New York Post
2.0
As a whole, though, Fugitive Pieces is a valuable addition to the trove of Holocaust films, with a standout performance by Sherbedgia as the essence o ..
Film Journal International ..
3.5
Bit by fragmented bit, it all adds up to a one note portrait of its protagonist. Granted, that one note is a powerful one.
Az Central
3.1
Its hard not to when the film itself resembles such a tasteful piece of furniture.
Boston
3.5
Writer director Jeremy Podeswa, another Canadian, doesnt try to reproduce the talk on film, which is a wise move.
Smh
3.1
Would it be better simply to forget.I long for the loss of memory, Jakob laments.
Toronto Star
2.0
At the same time, pic is a must see for every cineaste concerned with the unique language of cinema.
Emanuellevy
3.0
Anne Michaels complex, poetic novel is here adapted into a stolid, somewhat po faced film, but one that still manages to tease some affecting drama ou ..
Guardian
2.0
Much of its appeal resides in a precise, poetic diction, a subtle allusiveness and the seamless interweaving of past and present.
Guardian
4.0
Dillanes understatement, Pikes effervescence, Sherbedgias sincerity and Zurers heart all complement each other.The voice over narration at times takes ..
2.0
If you are a fan of the wholesome pop stars Kevin, Joe and Nick, you will swoon along with the rest of their adoring public as they perform at Madison ..
Express
4.0
True, the film offers a pleasant spot in which to wallow for two hours, but art on this subject should lay down a little more grit over its smoother s ..
The Irish Times
4.0
What is it theyre actually aiming at, and why have they done what theyve done.All in all, Runaways drops its plot breadcrumbs too sparingly, and thus ..
Total Film
3.0
Ultimately, Podeswa fashions this collection of familiar characters and overworked themes into something unique: a wistful parable about the destructi ..
Seattle Pi
4.0
Warning: you risk insanity if you try to closely follow the plot.
Oregon Live
1.5
Slow moving, torpid and melancholy...its tearjerker material, but without the tears.
Film Ink
2.0
Though the strong performances from the brooding Dillane and the ever good Serbedzija keep things from getting dull, the film does meander its way to ..
The Age
3.5
A powerful and emotional journey of a man trying to come to terms with history.
Abc
3.0
Directed by Jeremy Podeswa whos made a lot of high end TV, like Six Feet Under, this is a sumptuous looking film that flits seamlessly between wartime ..
Abc
1.0
On Screen Fugitive Pieces This lugubrious film about a Holocaust survivor is based on a respected novel by Canadian poet Anne Michaels.Ive never read ..
The Stranger
2.0
Hokum and trash, but very entertaining hokum and a classy kind of trash.
Ft
3.0
A restrained, dignified, well acted drama that intelligently reflects on the power of loss and trauma in shaping our lives, Fugitive Pieces is a promi ..
Sky
3.0
This weeks TLS November 23, 2018 Books of the Year; defining Oscar Wilde; Elena Ferrante on screen; spending time with Orson Welles; how to be happy; ..
Entertainment Times Online ..
2.0
This weeks TLS November 23, 2018 Books of the Year; defining Oscar Wilde; Elena Ferrante on screen; spending time with Orson Welles; how to be happy; ..
Entertainment Times Online ..
3.0
Sadly, theres something about the performance from miscast Dillane thats oddly unsympathetic, even if the sparse script shares the blame.
Metro
1.5
Tasteful, unremarkable art house fare, rescued from complete irrelevance by Stephen Dillanes bottled up performance as a writer scarred by the Holocau ..
Chicago Reader
3.5
Like the Holocaust survivor who occupies its wounded centre, Jeremy Podeswas elegant, stern adaptation of Anne Michaels novel Fugitive Pieces keeps us ..
Jam! Movies
3.0
Given the source novel, Podeswas attempt to adapt Fugitive Pieces is admirable in itself. Yet despite an enthusiastic cast, this fails to transport yo ..
Film4
3.5
The resonant film that results is not without its flaws, but its ultimately quite absorbing. Sara Cardace
Ny Mag
3.8
Podeswa wisely alters the books downbeat ending, which may have been too painful to bear.
Miami
3.0
A sentimental journey through inheriting loneliness and sadness from fathers to sons, and their female fantasies, relieved by beautiful language and c ..
Film Forward
3.8
Fugitive Pieces is often quiet, lyrical, reflective and underplayed. It doesnt minimize Holocaust suffering far from it but it strives, often successf ..
Metromix.com
3.0
Fugitive Pieces reduces the Holocaust and its aftermath to a cosy soap opera.
This Is London
4.3
Beautifully photographed and sedately paced, Fugitive Pieces is a movie that conforms to the template for post Holocaust meditations on survivors guil ..
Ar Kansas Online
2.0
Sliding from past to present without an overt purpose, Jakobs story has the grand and aimless sweep of a mini series
Ie Weekly
3.5
take a dip into this thoughtful and intimate portrait of a man slowly warming to the beauty of life as he shakes off the ghosts of a family lost in th ..
Screen Wize
4.2
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Time Out Sydney
3.0
The best approach to the movie is to stay home with the celebrated novel on which its based.
Metromix Los Angeles
4.5
The film occasionally gets weighed down by its ponderousness, but despite a few lags, its always involving.
4.5
The great Serbian actor Rade Serbedzija gives Fugitive Pieces its heart.
4.5
If you havent had enough of Holocaust related tales onscreen, this is a perfectly serviceable one
OC Weekly
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