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The Grief of Others

2015

Patrick Wang

Wendy Moniz, Trevor St. John, Rachel Dratch, Jessica Pimentel ...

5.5

26

Drama The story is based on the novel by Leah Hager Cohen in which a couple's baby dies 57 hours after his birth and the parents try to return to their previous lives and struggle to regain a semblance of normalcy for themselves and their two children.

	Author	Review
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"[It] shows remarkable, almost subliminal powers of observation (...) St. John and Moniz give the strongest performances here"	POS
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] offers many quiet, often character-driven rewards but struggles to become larger than the sum of its parts"	NEU
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"[It] once again showcases the filmmaker’s tender, exacting technique, offering further confirmation of his emerging talent (...) Wang’s slow-burn approach offers plenty of perceptive, beautifully rendered moments"	POS
United States	Rod Machen Austin Chronicle	"Wonderful performances buoy this story about a family's grief (...) It’s a beautiful film wrapped around a heartbreaking event."	POS
United Kingdom	Phil Hoad The Guardian	"The drama constantly struggles to grasp the central nub of the trauma, caught between flat behavioural sequences (...) and ragged melodramatic confessionals (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Wes Greene Slant	"The film’s observational wide shots are disarmingly intimate, submerging us in each character’s perspective (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS

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