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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

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Tomatometer	Critic	Review	Category
4/5		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 30 2006 06:19 AM	Empire Magazine
N/R	Derek Adams	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 09 2006 03:17 AM	Time Out
3/4	Ian Waldron-Mantgani	Talented performers, effectively dramatic. Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 10 2004 05:21 PM	UK Critic
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jul., 08 2003 05:28 PM	Guardian [UK]
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| May., 24 2003 08:19 AM	Channel 4 Film
N/R	Jonathan Ross	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| May., 20 2003 05:22 PM	Daily Mirror [UK]
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| May., 13 2003 05:22 PM	This is London
3/5	Nev Pierce	The conclusion undermines a thoughtful treatment of a serious subject, tilting the enterprise towards triteness and sentimentality. Full Review \| Comment \| May., 13 2003 05:22 PM	BBC
N/R	Rich Cline	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| May., 13 2003 05:22 PM	Shadows on the Wall
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jul., 01 2006 03:58 AM	Jam! Movies
3/5	Kevin Thomas	Eden, 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. Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 06 2005 07:57 PM	Los Angeles Times
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Sep., 26 2005 03:16 AM	AV Club
3/4	G. Allen Johnson	Although there is nothing really new here, an honest sense of humanity wins out. Full Review \| Comment \| Sep., 23 2005 04:42 PM	San Francisco Chronicle
3/4	Jules Brenner	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Sep., 10 2005 03:57 AM	Cinema Signals
3/5	Jules Brenner	derivative ... we've seen better Full Review \| Comment \| Sep., 09 2005 01:03 PM	Filmcritic.com
B-	Eric D. Snider	It is so well-acted that it deserves admiration, but some of its pedestrian plot elements drag it down toward mediocrity. Full Review \| Comment \| Sep., 03 2005 09:07 PM	EricDSnider.com
B	Marc Mohan	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. Full Review \| Comment \| Aug., 26 2005 03:43 PM	Oregonian
3/4	Michael Booth	Parker and Harry Eden, the boy who plays her precocious-by-necessity son, elevate Pure from a tedious cautionary tale to a wrenching drama. Full Review \| Comment \| Aug., 05 2005 01:39 PM	Denver Post
2.5/4	Phil Villarreal	You kinda wish something, anything good would happen to the kid. Maybe someone could get him some ice cream. Full Review \| Comment \| Jul., 21 2005 06:41 AM	Arizona Daily Star
B-	Carlo Cavagna	PURE offers a fascinating contrast between acting talent (Molly Parker) and star quality (Kiera Knightley). Full Review \| Comment \| Jul., 14 2005 08:37 PM	AboutFilm.com

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