The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

  • 2007


MOVIE IS general american historical enjoyable terrific
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66 %
58 % Rotten
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 19
Negative reviews 3
Average Rating 4.3/5
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4.4
The film ends with one of those moments that blindsides you with an unexpected surge of emotion. Rogerebert
2.2
The movies candy colored tone fetishizes a nostalgia for Simpler Times. Ew
3.2
Take a good look at her: Shes Hepburns double, and so naturally stylized that you can just imagine her slipping into those head tilting gestures, that .. Ew
4.0
The tone zigzags between Kellys bouts of anger and the darn fun that Evelyn and the kids can have. Film Journal
3.8
Smiling through adversity, Moore is the heart and soul of Prizewinner and worthy of prize consideration come Oscar time. Sf Gate
4.0
But it has its own subversive power, as it elevates one familys struggle for working class survival and valorizes a woman of simple faith and inner st .. Washington Post
2.8
The script just dulls out and leaves the willing and able thesps hung out to dry with nothing more than a gooey and uninteresting melodrama, making it .. Sover
3.2
But Julianne Moores terrific skills as an actress and vivid production design and art direction which bring the 1950s back to life maintain interest, .. Reeling Reviews
2.8
The movie is often very funny up to that point, with barbed dialogue (written by Adam Wierzbianski) delivered by comedy pros Rudd and Posey. Eric Ds Nider
3.1
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio is ultimately a trifle, but an enjoyable one. Combust Ible Celluloid
3.8
Rosie DiManno: Sometimes, the truth simply will never be known Last week we learned that we likely will never learn the cause of two spectacular myste .. The Star
3.5
Moore finds layers of pain and meaning in the character that have little to do with Andersons script, which tries too hard to work as both uplifting a .. Mountain X
4.0
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (DreamWorks) celebrates supermom Evelyn Ryan (Julianne Moore): When life gives her a lemon, she doesnt just make le .. Slate
2.0
But then the script is limp, and the direction doesnt let the cast do its thing properly. Movies
4.4
Julianne Moore has never looked as relaxed as she does in The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio..This is a major accomplishment, since shes playing mothe .. Boston
5.0
Forget Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor of Acquitaine and Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth, Julianne Moore as Evelyn Ryan is as strong a woman as youll ever .. Tony Medley
3.5
Based on a memoir by one of the Ryan daughters, the script is half a satire of the 50s, filled with such goofy cultural phenomena of the decade as sup .. Seattle Pi
4.0
The movie doesnt do that, but it still feels false, even more so than the book. Pajiba
2.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie. Window To The Movies
3.8
Its an almost subversively idealistic subtext to a now familiar ritual expose of the American dream. Decent Films
3.1
All this feels unnecessarily theatrical, and weakens the real life story behind it. Seattle Times
2.2
Screenwriter/director Jane Anderson makes her feature film debut with a film thats infuriating for its glossy approval of a woman who turns a blind ey .. Film Critic 1963 Typepad
3.5
The quality and sympathetic nature of Moores performance makes it a worthy tug at the heartstrings. Now Playing Mag



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