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True, the resolutions on offer seem conventionally pat, yet the tough questions stay with you in an absorbing drama which pushes the viewer's buttons with effective intelligence.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
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In a Better World
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The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
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Susanne Bier's latest meditation on grief and the boundaries of family -- which won this year's foreign-film Oscar -- is a tough piece of work, subtle in some ways, obvious in others, viscerally affecting throughout.
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Fresh
Simply put, this would be a better world if there were more films like In a Better World.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
Despite some weaknesses as both a film and a parable, "In a Better World" is a potent provocation.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
An ethically ambitious, morally thoughtful - and deeply vexing - drama about the fragility of civil order and the menace of the lawless.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
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