Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 5 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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The movie's edges are filled with small, perfect character performances.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
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Marvellous, grimly downbeat study of desperate lives and the escape routes people construct for themselves, stunningly shot by Conrad Hall.
– Tom Milne,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
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The movie is crafty work and very much a show. In one way or another, right down to the percussively abrupt open ending, it's all about being hammered.
– J. Hoberman,
Village Voice,
15 Sep 2009
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A terse, sharp, downbeat but compassionate look at the underside of smalltown American life in the west.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
29 Jan 2010
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So you say to yourself, this Fat City is pretty damn realistic, even if you know in your heart that "realistic" and Hollywood should not be printed on the same page-otherwise paper ignites. Still, you're marveling at it.