The film attempts to affect an air of dispassionate objectivity, but generally comes across as an exercise in exploitation.
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06/24/04
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Union Square (2003)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:3
Rotten:3
Average Rating:5.6/10
Rated: R
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:May 28, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: UNION SQUARE is a powerful look into the world of homeless heroin addicts that live in UNION SQUARE PARK in New York City. Peer into the lives of seven individuals that allowed the cameras to... [More]
Director: Stephen J. Szklarski
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Top CriticTo most New Yorkers, the street addicts they encounter daily are nameless and faceless, and Union Square helps to humanize them.
05/28/04
Top CriticA moving film but not, to be frank, an entirely memorable one.
05/28/04
Top CriticStephen J. Szklarski's video documentary tracks the lives of seven young drug addicts who live in and around Union Square Park in Manhattan.
05/27/04
Top CriticThe total effect, of course, is abject sadness as we helplessly watch each enact a unique anti-success story in an inverted reality show.
05/25/04
Top CriticIts unvarnished look at life in the slow lane exerts a hypnotic fascination.
05/24/04
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