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Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
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Reviews Counted:120
Fresh:77
Rotten:43
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Things We Lost in the Fire is a well-acted, beautifully filmed reflection on love, loss, addiction and recovery from life's obstacles.
Theatrical Release:Oct 19, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $3,241,832
Synopsis: Danish director Susanne Bier gained international acclaim when she was nominated for an Oscar for 2006's AFTER THE WEDDING, but before that she had strong ties to the hyper-realistic, documentary... [More]
Starring: Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny, Omar Benson Miller
Director: Susanne Bier
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Reviews for Things We Lost in the Fire
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You can't manufacture honest sentiment.... So, I'd have to call the movie a noble miss. Full Review |
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The best part of the film is del Toro's performance, a junkie jumble of many layers, glued together with a deep seated humanity that reaches out to us. Full Review |
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A Susanne Bier film guarantees us a potent emotional journey, and this, Bier's first English language film, dissects hearts and searches for truths. Full Review |
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1/5 |
The film felt very anti-climatic to me for some reason. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Where the film's ambitions crumble is in its avowed refusal to make its audience too uncomfortable. Full Review |
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I wish someone had lost this script in the fire. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Things We Lost in the Fire sounds like a made-for-Lifetime weeper. But two superlative performances means "Fire" is anything but a by-the-book drama. Full Review |
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76/100 |
Less than profound, but consistently honest, Things We Lost in the Fire is neither triumphant nor great, but it is meaningful. Full Review |
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D |
Scheduled blowups and symbolic dreams and interminable tears until we all feel like we've learned a little something about loss: We want our two hours back. Full Review |
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B |
Often as overwrought as it is heartrending. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
...never entirely comes off as the searing, hard-to-watch drama it's presumably supposed to be. Full Review |
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2/5 |
"Things We Lost In The Fire" is an overlong downer that crumbles under the relentless strain of anger and grief. Full Review |
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C- |
Damaged individuals healing one another is a serviceable idea for a film, but Things We Lost in the Fire is missing an essential component: plausibility. Full Review |
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