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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

2006

Dito Montiel

Shia LaBeouf, Robert Downey Jr., Chazz Palminteri, Dianne Wiest ...

6.6

5,765

Drama Dito is a successful writer living in Los Angeles, who is summoned home to Astoria after a 15-year absence when his father becomes seriously ill. Memories of his youth come flooding back as he revisits the old neighborhood, attempts to rebuild a relationship with his father and encounters his 'saints'--Dito's few childhood friends who aren’t in prison or dead. As Dito finds himself whisked back into the youthful events that shaped him, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Though the picture is wrenching, at times devastating, it leaves you with that buoyant feeling of having encountered a raw, authentic work of art."	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"This is an exceptionally assured debut, and Montiel exhibits rare care with editing and sound design. His real forte, though, is casting"	POS
United States	Robert Koehler Variety	"Montiel creates a movie of many parts that don't always congeal (...) the effect is one of a fabulous acting showcase more than a wholly finished work."	NEU
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"This superbly acted, gritty little movie, which at its best recalls early Scorsese, very vividly portrays a time and place"	POS
United States	Dana Stevens Slate	"Like the boys, Montiel's first film is rough and uneven, with more energy than it knows what to do with. But it still manages to feel fresh and authentic"	POS

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