Pure (2005)
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Reviews Counted: 22 Fresh: 16 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 6.6/10
Consensus: This entry in the kitchen-sink realism genre is elevated by its strong performances. more
Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Theatrical Release: Jun 10, 2005 Limited
Synopsis:
Set in the East-End of London, PURE is a story about innocence. Ten year old Paul (Harry Eden) becomes the caretaker of his family - mother Mel (Molly Parker) and youngest brother Lee (Vinni Hunter) - following the death of his father. The movie follows his desperate attempts to protect the... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Harry Eden, Keira Knightley, Molly Parker, David Wenham, Kate Ashfield
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07/01/06 03:58 AM
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02/09/06 03:17 AM
Eden, who holds the film together by his winning presence and doughty performance, effectively conveys the effect of severe challenges that no child should ever have to face.
12/06/05 07:57 PM
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09/26/05 03:16 AM
Although there is nothing really new here, an honest sense of humanity wins out.
09/23/05 04:42 PM
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It is so well-acted that it deserves admiration, but some of its pedestrian plot elements drag it down toward mediocrity.
09/03/05 09:07 PM
There are latchkey kids, and then there's Paul, the 10-year-old hero (there's no other word for it) of Gillies MacKinnon's powerful drama Pure.
08/26/05 03:43 PM
Parker and Harry Eden, the boy who plays her precocious-by-necessity son, elevate Pure from a tedious cautionary tale to a wrenching drama.
08/05/05 01:39 PM
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You kinda wish something, anything good would happen to the kid. Maybe someone could get him some ice cream.
07/21/05 06:41 AM
PURE offers a fascinating contrast between acting talent (Molly Parker) and star quality (Kiera Knightley).
07/14/05 08:37 PM
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Top Critic In an award-worthy performance, [Eden] possesses the screen with ease and steals the entire film.
06/17/05 03:15 AM
Pure is made in the fine old miserabilist tradition of Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, but MacKinnon has a rare way with children and a poetic eye for even the drabbest inner-city habitats.
06/16/05 02:15 PM
Director Gillies MacKinnon (Hideous Kinky) forges a very wrenching and believable bond between Parker and Eden.
06/01/05 12:00 PM
Top Critic Though compellingly acted, Pure's spit and polished kitchen-sink realism exudes a disconcertingly cheery affection for the lives of its characters.
05/09/05 06:50 AM
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