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01/02/09
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A Slipping Down Life (2004)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:7
Rotten:17
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: Lili Talyor is the best thing in this uninvolving and unconvincing drama.
Theatrical Release:May 14, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: Based on the novel by Anne Tyler, "A Slipping Down Life" is the story of the peculiar courtship of an awkward young woman and a charismatic singer/songwriter, and the profound effect that their... [More]
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Reviews for A Slipping Down Life
Top CriticIt's interesting, not fascinating, intriguing, not electrifying. But for those in the mood for an offbeat pleasure, A Slipping Down Life may well satisfy.
06/04/04
Top CriticNever cuts much deeper than its subject.
06/04/04
Top CriticWeaves a fragile --- and often funny --- spell.
06/03/04
Top CriticA perplexing, dark and brooding exercise.
05/28/04
Top CriticWhat at first seems like observed, exaggerated truth soon reveals itself as a series of writerly conceits being followed doggedly to some logical conclusion.
05/28/04
Top CriticIt's too common to complain that a book is better than the movie. But in A Slipping-Down Life, the score trumps what's on screen as well.
05/28/04
Top CriticThe movie is not a great dramatic statement, but you know that from the modesty of the title. It is about movement in emotional waters that had long been still.
05/28/04
Top CriticThe director deserves admiration for sticking to her guns, but here's a heretical notion: Maybe the producer's cut would have been a better movie.
05/28/04
Top CriticA predictable Up-With-People anthem.
05/28/04
Top CriticA Slipping Down Life would disintegrate in a cloud of cutesy, melancholic whimsy if it weren't for the talent of its two leads.
05/27/04
Top CriticThis is one of those rare dramas that drops us into the heart of the Dairy Queen/Bible Belt without seeming in the least patronizing or superior.
05/27/04
Top CriticWhile the movie is content to be merely atmospheric, the performances convince you that here are two misfits who might be a perfect fit.
05/27/04
Top CriticOffers some egalitarian posturing, but squanders its message by placing capable actresses like Taylor and Hall into age-old, subservient roles.
05/27/04
Top CriticToo precious, too self-conscious and far too enamored with itself to ever have any kind of genuine emotional truth.
05/27/04
Top CriticJust another tiny movie about tiny people that is destined to find a very tiny audience.
05/20/04
Top CriticThe movie's fairly standard plotting comes as a disappointment, because the story -- drawn from an Anne Tyler novel -- has a dark sense of humor and plenty of Southern Gothic charm.
05/19/04
Top Critic[W]hat comes across on the printed page as eccentric and heartbreaking seems forced and self-consciously artsy on the screen.
05/17/04
Top CriticA sluggish, tedious film about lost souls living dead-end lives in a dead-end town.
05/14/04
Top CriticThe disorderly film merely chases its tail for the second half, going nowhere fast.
05/14/04
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