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Be Kind Rewind

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Feb.08] :. A set of relationships -- father and son, past and present, fiction and something like history -- forms the foundation of Be Kind Rewind, another gently antic film by Michel Gondry.

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Raising Victor Vargas: Special Edition (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Aug.04] :. What makes Raising Victor Vargas especially rewarding are its details -- in composition, rhythm, and especially, characterization.

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Raising Victor Vargas (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.Aug.03] :. Victor's story is at once mundane and delicate, familiar and fresh.

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Raising Victor Vargas (2003)

by Elbert Ventura

[24.Apr.03] :. At once affectless and affecting, 'Raising Victor Vargas' is remarkably self-possessed for a first-time feature.

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