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Careful (1992)

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Reviews Counted:11

Fresh:9

Rotten:2

Average Rating:6.5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A stylish, parodic take on the German mountain films of the 1920's, this drama follows the travails of a widow and her three sons--the oldest of whom develops a sexual obsession for his mother--as... [More]

Starring: Gosia Dobrowolska, Vince Rimmer, Kyle McCulloch, Brent Neale

Director: Guy Maddin

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Tomatometer	Critic	Review	Category
		Uniquely weird, subtly macabre, and utterly compelling. Full Review \| Comment \| Jun., 24 2006 04:11 AM	Time Out
	Jeffrey M. Anderson	It's certainly an astounding film for its purely spectacular terms. Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 27 2009 03:15 AM	Combustible Celluloid
3/4		An acquired taste, Maddin is an unusually precise director who leaves little to chance. Whether one finds his approach too careful or just stunningly controlled will be up to individual cineastes. Full Review \| Comment \| May., 08 2007 02:59 PM	TV Guide's Movie Guide
	Jonathan Rosenbaum	In part a hilarious satire about Canadian timidity, it also comes across periodically as a formalist gem about nothing at all. Full Review \| Comment \| May., 08 2007 02:58 PM	Chicago Reader
A-	Dennis Schwartz	A weirdly amusing parable of sexual repression. Full Review \| Comment \| Oct., 03 2006 02:16 PM	Ozus' World Movie Reviews
3/5	Jake Euker	No review available. Comment \| Mar., 09 2006 08:34 PM	F5 (Wichita, KS)
3/5	Emanuel Levy	No review available. Comment \| Jun., 28 2005 12:40 PM	EmanuelLevy.Com
3/5	Stephen Holden	Careful is one long and amusing pun on German Expressionistic film imagery, Freudian psychology and quasi-Wagnerian storytelling, all carried to absurdist lengths. Full Review \| Comment \| May., 20 2003 05:12 PM	New York Times
N/R	Bruce Kirkland	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	Jam! Movies
	Desson Thomson	There's something wonderfully unique about the project but the reasons for doing it remain buried. Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	Washington Post
	Hal Hinson	Careful, the hilariously bizarre new film from Canadian director Guy Maddin, is like some lost masterpiece from a time-warped alternative dimension -- a strange artifact that time forgot. Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	Washington Post
2/5	Marc Savlov	Too strange for its own good, Careful is less interesting as a film than it is as a Canadian cinematic anomaly. Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	Austin Chronicle

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