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12/30/06
Pure (2005)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:16
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.6/10
Consensus: This entry in the kitchen-sink realism genre is elevated by its strong performances.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Set in the East-End of London, PURE is a story about innocence. Ten year old Paul (Harry Eden) becomes the caretaker of his family - mother Mel (Molly Parker) and youngest brother Lee (Vinni... [More]
Starring: Harry Eden, Keira Knightley, Molly Parker, David Wenham
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Reviews for Pure
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02/09/06
Top CriticTalented performers, effectively dramatic.
02/10/04
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07/08/03
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05/24/03
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05/20/03
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05/13/03
Top CriticThe conclusion undermines a thoughtful treatment of a serious subject, tilting the enterprise towards triteness and sentimentality.
05/13/03
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05/13/03
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07/01/06
Top CriticEden, who holds the film together by his winning presence and doughty performance, effectively conveys the effect of severe challenges that no child should ever have to face.
12/06/05
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09/26/05
Top CriticAlthough there is nothing really new here, an honest sense of humanity wins out.
09/23/05
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09/10/05
derivative ... we've seen better
09/09/05
It is so well-acted that it deserves admiration, but some of its pedestrian plot elements drag it down toward mediocrity.
09/03/05
There are latchkey kids, and then there's Paul, the 10-year-old hero (there's no other word for it) of Gillies MacKinnon's powerful drama Pure.
08/26/05
Parker and Harry Eden, the boy who plays her precocious-by-necessity son, elevate Pure from a tedious cautionary tale to a wrenching drama.
08/05/05
You kinda wish something, anything good would happen to the kid. Maybe someone could get him some ice cream.
07/21/05
PURE offers a fascinating contrast between acting talent (Molly Parker) and star quality (Kiera Knightley).
07/14/05
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