Reviewing the reviews: 'An Unfinished Life'
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Socrates said the unexamined life is not worth living, and today, movie critics said An Unfinished Life is not worth writing creative headlines. It was too easy to make the connection between perceived flaws in Lasse Hallstrom’s movie and the word ”Unfinished” in the title. The word ”Life” reminded many reviewers of titles of movies they liked better. Others saw a contrast between the film’s macho ranch setting and its sentimental emotional terrain. Here’s a sampling of the Unfinished product (see, it’s hard to resist!):
- New York Post: ‘An Unfinished Life’ Not Worth Living
- USA Today: This ‘Life’ is worth examining
- Detroit Free Press: Unfinished Business
- Rocky Mountain News: A life, and movie, unfinished
- New York Sun: An Unfinished Theology
- Orlando Sentinel: There is much that is unfinished throughout latest Redford film
- Boston Globe: There’s something missing from ‘Unfinished’
- Kansas City Star: A wonderful ‘Life’
- The Oregonian: Imitation of ‘Life’
- Washington Examiner: A ‘Life’ Too Ordinary
- Philadelphia Inquirer: Cast gives life to tired lines
- Miami Herald: Life works out good enough
- Minneapolis Star Tribune: Cast brings ‘Unfinished’ to life
- Cleveland Plain Dealer: An unreal life
- San Jose Mercury News: Ho-hum on the range
- Boston Herald: ‘Life’ on the range: Where love, loss, play
- Everett (Wash.) Herald: Group hugs on the range
- New York Daily News: Redford, the Natural
- Asbury Park (N.J.) Press: Redford, the way he is
- Christian Science Monitor: Robert Redford finds ‘Life’ after stardom
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman shine in ‘An Unfinished Life’
- Village Voice: Broken Glowers
- Dallas Observer: Grizzly Man: Redford grows old gracefully in ‘An Unfinished Life’
- Los Angeles City Beat: Grizzled Man: Robert Redford finally acts his age in ‘An Unfinished Life’
The New York Times Non-Sequitur Award:
The New York Times: A Rancher, a Woman, and a Grizzly, All Stuck in Traps
Runner-Up:
Orlando Weekly: Oprah’s Bear Cub
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Superb cast elevates low-key ‘Unfinished Life’
- South Florida Sun-Sentinel: ‘An Unfinished Life’: A fractured family seeks to re-create their lives
- Arizona Daily Star: Film delivers messages like a Hallmark
- New York Observer: J. Lo Is Good! In Lasse’s Western
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