3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[A] loose-limbed, almost cheerily elegiac picture that convincingly creates its own strange and familiar world." Premiere 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Take your time and relax into a movie that's as comfy as Keillor's pillowy baritone....There's magic in it." Rolling Stone "Altman uses his trademark wandering camera to mosey from character to character, pausing to watch and listen as they tease one another, reminisce about the old days, [and] worry about the future..." Los Angeles Times "[T]he movie snuggles deep into the mood and sensibility of its source, Garrison Keillor's long-running radio variety show....It's just wonderful." New York Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "PRAIRIE is a gentle movie, set primarily in Minnesota's Fitzgerald Theatre, the real home of the radio show."Total Film Ranked #10 in Rolling Stone's "The 10 Best Movies Of 2006" -- "The cast, led by the incomparable Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin, glow under Altman's playful watch."Rolling Stone Ranked #18 in Film Comment's "20 Best Films Of 2006."Film Comment "[Set within a] heartland of boundless creativity and calm stoicism."Film Comment 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his is a lovely curtain call, as wry and irascible as his best films, but warmer and more celebratory than most."Uncut "This is one of Altman's trademark all-star ensemble pieces, full of his equally trademark overlapping dialogue, his camera floating amiably in seemingly improvised style from group to group."Sight and Sound 3 stars out of 5 -- "Robert Altman's final film is a wry meditation on death and the inevitable passing of all things."Uncut "[A] lovely film about a lovely radio show. It loosely creates the format of the real program....Altman has chosen his actors with love."Chicago Sun-Times6.889263
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3 stars out of 4 -- "[T]his obscure documentary plays like a real-life version of Robert Altman's NASHVILLE." Rolling Stone0.3368692
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"...Cole is vivid and memorable....Philippe Rousselot's gorgeously muted lensing is among other top-notch credits..." Variety "...Well-crafted....Handsomely shot..." Los Angeles Times "...The performances are subtle and well-controlled....The movie is as visually intimate as a Bergman film..." Chicago Sun-Times16.73215
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3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hese are some engrossing takes an old standards."Uncut11.5204
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"...Mr. Altman is an unmatched choreographer of life's chaos....[The film] gives the actors room to do some wonderful work..." New York Times "...Richard Gere [gives] the most appealing and probably best performance of his career....The movie takes on some of the ensemble glories of Altman's underrated A WEDDING..." -- 3.5 out of 4 stars USA Today "...Some of this new film shows Altman at his best....Gere gives a deft performance..."Movieline's Hollywood Life "...A gently provocative character study and social portrait....Richard Gere's most accessible and sympathetic performance in memory..." Variety "...Mellow yet sneaky....A funny and ebullient look at a man in full confusion." -- Rating: B+ Entertainment Weekly "...Altman orchestrates Dr. T's odyssey with the precision, heart and lively wit of a virtuoso..." Rolling Stone "...Nobody can choreograph chaos quite like Robert Altman....Hudson and Reid are terrific..." Hollywood Reporter "...Rapp is clearly in sync with Altman's peerless sense of rhythm and knows how to write incisively and economically for Altman's cherished large ensemble cast..." Los Angeles Times "A breathtaking black comedy in the company of women; a slice of heightened life." Uncut10.97665
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"...Mr. Altman is an unmatched choreographer of life's chaos....[The film] gives the actors room to do some wonderful work..." New York Times "...Richard Gere [gives] the most appealing and probably best performance of his career....The movie takes on some of the ensemble glories of Altman's underrated A WEDDING..." -- 3.5 out of 4 stars USA Today "...Some of this new film shows Altman at his best....Gere gives a deft performance..."Movieline's Hollywood Life "...A gently provocative character study and social portrait....Richard Gere's most accessible and sympathetic performance in memory..." Variety "...Mellow yet sneaky....A funny and ebullient look at a man in full confusion." -- Rating: B+ Entertainment Weekly "...Altman orchestrates Dr. T's odyssey with the precision, heart and lively wit of a virtuoso..." Rolling Stone "...Nobody can choreograph chaos quite like Robert Altman....Hudson and Reid are terrific..." Hollywood Reporter "...Rapp is clearly in sync with Altman's peerless sense of rhythm and knows how to write incisively and economically for Altman's cherished large ensemble cast..." Los Angeles Times "A breathtaking black comedy in the company of women; a slice of heightened life." Uncut9.379275
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"...Inhabited by carefully drawn individuals and acted with a natural but grim reality, it's a film that will stay with you..." -- 4 out of 5 stars Box Office8.9308
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Rolling Stone (No. 975, p.76) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[C]ray's strongest album since [1986's] STRONG PERSUADER... "Living Blues (pp.50-51) - "The four musicians achieve a rare balance between tightness and relaxation that is the result of many years together as a working band."Mojo (Publisher) (p.114) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]he record's ultimate success hinges on the truly effective title track..."8.246632
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Spin (p.128) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Structured like an opera in three hazy 'acts,' the CD is like spending a cloudy afternoon on Jupiter....Haunting..."Uncut (p.118) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[E]ach song works brilliantly in isolation, making this a treasure trove of Wyatt's finest work ever."Magnet (p.113) - "[T]here's perhaps nothing prettier than the steel drum-driven 'On The Town Square'....COMICOPERA is a masterpiece..."The Wire (p.64) - "A superb album, in which Wyatt gathers all of his strengths...the personal and the political, the aesthetic and the ethical are brought together as only he can."The Wire (p.36) - Ranked #1 in The Wire's "Top Ten Records of the Year 2007" -- "Even by Wyatt's standards of honest, self-examining songwriting, COMICOPERA was a proper gut-spiller."Down Beat (p.76) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Wyatt is an earnest vocalist who maintains the thread of improvisation and playful melody in his performances."No Depression (p.108) - "[W]ith haunting melodies, intelligent lyrics, arrangements that are both organic and atmospheric...and vocals that are among the most heartbreakingly plaintive this side of Chet Baker..."8.235546
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"...Inspired by Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI and visited by the spirit of a wiseacre Lewis Carroll....A fair amount of amusement..."New York Times8.012884
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