Rotten
This mopey British drama (2013) trades in easy ironies and self-satisfied humanism, throwing in a little ugly-duckling romance.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Overview
A council case worker looks for the relatives of those found dead and alone.
Director and cast
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64%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Marsan's technical precision as an actor is formidable, and he's wonderful to watch. But when the material's synthetic, as it is here, you wish Marsan could bust loose at the expense of the movie's obsessively orderly nature.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
A soulful if obvious meditation on lives lived unshared, and one man's dedication to righting those wrongs while neglecting his own life.
Barbara VanDenburgh, Arizona Republic
Fresh
Pasolini has a gem in Marsan, a virtuoso actor who plays the role delicately where another might have laid on the pathos too thick.
Sara Stewart, New York Post
Rotten
You may scold yourself for investing any emotion at all in hokum that even Mr. Marsan, for all his kindly gravity, can't begin to salvage.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
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