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02/05/08
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
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Reviews Counted:120
Fresh:77
Rotten:43
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Things We Lost in the Fire is a well-acted, beautifully filmed reflection on love, loss, addiction and recovery from life's obstacles.
Theatrical Release:01-02-2008
Synopsis: Danish director Susanne Bier gained international acclaim when she was nominated for an Oscar for 2006's AFTER THE WEDDING, but before that she had strong ties to the hyper-realistic, documentary... [More]
Starring: Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny, Omar Benson Miller
Director: Susanne Bier
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02/01/08
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10/18/08
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10/20/07
Top CriticDanish director Bier focuses on themes and relationships in what's otherwise a rather contrived melodrama.
10/27/07
Susanne Bier's first English-language film is a superbly written, powerfully emotional drama with terrific, Oscar-worthy performances from Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro.
10/25/07
Less than profound, but consistently honest, Things We Lost in the Fire is neither triumphant nor great, but it is meaningful.
02/25/08
A shimmering example of just how good Benicio Del Toro has become, as well as how bad Halle Berry has pretty much always been.
10/24/07
...plays like Iñárritu Lite, which means it's not terrible, but it does pretend to a substance it doesn't in fact deliver.
10/23/07
Bier, in her American debut, mostly keeps things simple and intimate, though, by using hand-held cameras, extreme close-ups and flooding the proceedings with spare, natural light.
10/17/07
[Benicio Del Toro's] managed to top even himself; this most recent performance is right up there with the best screen turns, not just of his generation but of all time.
10/19/07
Well-acted.
10/18/07
Less an emotional whirligig than a long, slow monorail ride, it grows more conventional and single-minded as it goes along.
10/19/07
[Benicio Del Toro's] is the only character with human flaws, and in a movie perfect people tend to be boring.
10/19/07
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04/03/08
Top CriticI wish someone had lost this script in the fire.
03/05/08
Yields more satisfaction than complaints.
10/19/07
Bier is one of the cinema's most acute observers of intimate relations, her Scandinavian reserve muting the inherent melodrama of her material, and she draws piercing, modestly scaled performances.
10/19/07
The movie is an engrossing melodrama, and it has its heart in the right place.
10/20/07
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