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The Arbor

A Documentary Re-Invented
A Documentary Re-Invented
Documentary, Drama - 2010
The Arbor
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7.3
96%
88
The lives of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and Lorraine, one of her daughters, and the community of Bradford, in the 30 years since the 18-year-old Andrea penned a play about growing up in the community titled "The Arbor".
Director:
,
Clio Barnard
Cast:
,
Jimi Mistry
,
Christine Bottomley
,
George Costigan
,
Neil Dudgeon
,
Monica Dolan
,
Robert Emms
,
Manjinder Virk
,
Natalie Gavin

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Details

Rated:
Unrated
Runtime:
91 min
Release date:
22 Oct 2010
Country:
GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$21,268
Awards:
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award8 wins & 26 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Numerous celluloid experiments have fudged reality and fiction lately, but few are as formally inventive or socially revelatory as The Arbor.
– Ronnie Scheib,
Variety,
5 Jan 2012
fresh:
For the morbidly curious, it's mesmerizing. But it's also a singularly watchable story for the strange, and strangely fitting, way in which it's told.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
5 Aug 2011
fresh:
[An] exquisitely crafted docudrama.
– Loren King,
Boston Globe,
21 Jul 2011
fresh:
Barnard's boldest move is to unveil the irresponsible chaos of the playwright's private life, and to make us wonder if the art was worth the suffering, after all.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
2 May 2011
fresh:
Brings the Dunbar story to life through a technique known as "verbatim theater," in which actors lip-synch testimony from the real people they're portraying.
– Scott Tobias,
AV Club,
27 Apr 2011
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