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This Beautiful City (2007)

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Director Ed Gass-Donnelly highlights the inner city grey zone that exists between the haves and the have-nots in this urban drama focusing on the displacement of the lower classes by urban gentrification. In many cities, the only thing separating the junkies from the creative class is a posh, overpriced condo that sits where an abandoned building used to be. Carol (Caroline Cave) and her architect husband Harry (Noam Jenkins) are members of the latter group. Despite outward appearances, however,

Dec 8, 2009

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Gass-Donnelly tricks up this phony baloney with nervous camerawork and editing while also stranding his actors with scads of second-rate dialogue. A bad time is had by all.

August 28, 2009 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
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Gass-Donnelly's over-calculated, crisis-fueled script links yuppies, crack addicts and a cop, with few signs of its origins as the writer-helmer's stage play Descent.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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A sense of coherence is not helped by an arty, handheld-camera feeling.

May 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Toronto Star
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Too much of the...film is bombast and street noise.

May 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment
Globe and Mail
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The only real notes of authenticity are struck by the actors, and even then, only on the distaff side.

August 27, 2009 Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | Comment
L.A. Weekly

A movie that draws you in.

May 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | Comment
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This gritty depressing film runs at a weary pace.

May 15, 2010
debmm

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I actually think the movie, despite its flaws, was well done. The story was interesting and draws you in coupled with some of the best actors Canada has to offer. What you get with this movie is not some typical Hollywood big budget film with happy endings and glossy portrayals of "real life." Rather, you get a peak

January 24, 2012
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