Highest Rated Review by the Community
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May 10 '05
Pros: Great cast and acting
Cons: A little sappy
Summary: You Can Count On Me is an interesting character study about a brother and sister whose parents died when they were very young and how their lives developed in two different directions. It stars Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick, and ...
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Apr 16 '04
Pros: The excellent script; great performances from Linney and Ruffalo
Cons: None
Summary: " You Can Count on Me", written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan, just might make you gasp in gratitude. Understanding and true, it is devoid of Hollywood Formula. Many ostensibly "indie" films nevertheless employ formulas of one sort or another; whether ...
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Nov 29 '03
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Summary: This film boasts one of the most complex scripts (by writer/director Kenneth Lonergan) about sibling relationships in a long while...since probably William McNamara's Radio Inside. It is so subtle that one might think that nothing is happening. ...
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Oct 25 '03
Pros: Realistic and likeable story, great direction, and the best acting i've ever seen.
Cons: Without great direction and amazing acting, the story wouldn't have worked.
Summary: The greatness of You Can Count on Me is intimately tied up with the most valid reason why you might hate it. It’s the direction (by Kenneth Lonergan), and the acting: never have I seen a movie, in scene after scene, convey so much with so lit ...
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Jun 19 '03
Pros: Unbelievably realistic acting and beautifully nuanced story.
Cons: None.
Summary: This is one of the best movies I have ever seen. Hollywood focuses almost exclusively on romantic ...
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May 04 '03
Pros: Linney, Ruffalo and Culkin, the hominess and accessibility of the characters and script
Cons: Mundane , and what purpose did that car crash serve?
Summary: One of the hard facts about forming friends on Epinions, in particular with those we trust, is that you sometimes run the risk of endangering that trust when a movie such as this is in question. Because it is the best movie ever to some people I regard...
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Jun 16 '02
Pros: Low-key acting, economical and effective script, smart direction
Cons: Languid pacing may turn some off
Summary: The first time I saw it, "You Can Count On Me" seemed to whisper along quietly, content to make small statements about small people, but never really hitting the emotional home run that it should have. I found the actors intriguing in their portrayals...
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Oct 10 '01
Pros: Matt Broderick, soothing, mind numbing shots of trees/cars/people/banks/trailers
Cons: boring, pedestrian drama, acting and GAWD-awful cello music
Summary: Well, I'm back. I did not go down on the 11th, although I came close as I was in midtown when it happened. All I can say is that they picked the wrong city to mess with. The heroism and spirit shown by New Yorkers in dealing with this atrocity has been...
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Aug 08 '01
Pros: Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Script...wonderful cello score
Cons: bad title, scares cynics off. haha
Summary: There's a great scene, among many great scenes, in this movie but the first comes at the very beginning when a babysitter is watching two kids, Terry and Sammy.
The cops come to report that the kids parents were killed in a car crash and when they...
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Jul 21 '01
Pros: The basic idea could have been used to make a good movie.
Cons: The movie is dreadful!
Summary: You Can Count on Me has been a very popular movie. It’s a debut by Kenneth Lonergan for Paramount. I can’t tell you why folks seem to like it, because I thought it was absolutely awful. The plot line was flaky, the acting was goofy, and the...
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Jul 19 '01
Pros: The note-perfect screenplay is equaled by the splendid performances.
Cons: If you are looking for flash or histrionics, look elsewhere.
Summary: Considering the flash, style and bang of many of today's films, a quiet, dialogue-driven picture like You Can Count on Me comes across as something of a sweet surprise. Nowhere here are there any blunt visual gymnastics or even the hint of an inflated...
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Jul 02 '01
Pros: The Cast, subtle story, great acting, no forced emotions.
Cons: Slow moving in parts.
Summary: Tearjerking, coming of age dramas like You Can Count On Me only require one simple yet complex ingredient in order to work. Chemistry. It helps of course to have an engaging story, but ultimately the Chemistry between the main leads is what powers this...
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Jul 01 '01
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Summary: This is the story of a boy and girl who lost their parents at an early age. The sister grew up to be as responsible as here life would allow and the brother grew up to drift around the country, working in Alaska before moving to Florida. He returns...
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Jun 29 '01
Pros: Smart script, well directed, great cast, felt "real"
Cons: None spring to mind
Summary: I've been wanting to see this movie since I read the first review of it. Winner of the New York Critics Circle Award for Best Actress and Best Screenplay, and Best Picture and Best Screenplay at Sundance, and hailed by Roger Ebert as "one of the best...
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May 24 '01
Pros: Engaging, Evocative Acting
Cons: Weak Score, Zero Action (Not Really A Negative Here),
Summary: Say what? It's a movie about...perserverance?!? That's right, Sparky, and it works. Brilliantly. You Can Count On Me is one of those Slice Of Life films that we don't usually like. It's small, on the scale of On Golden...
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