The only thing surprising about this film is what Dolly does to Seann William Scott’s mug.
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Mouse’s emotional heft can creep up on the viewer unannounced.
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Schanelec is content to find beauty in the bizarre and mundane.
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The film shows that the German master is fiercely determined to explore new frontiers.
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This “kangaroo western” is, at least, an intermittently satisfying good-versus-evil period piece.
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The film is a poignant portrait of the desire for queer kinship within one’s very bloodline.
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There’s something pleasingly unpretentious about how little room the film leaves for subtext.
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Freudians will have a field day with Schleinzer’s 17th-century-set third feature.
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The brittle humanity of the characters is the key ingredient to the film’s grim sense of irony.
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Adam McDonald’s film struggles to bring its non-zombie characters to life.
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