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Tully (2000)

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Average Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews Counted: 52
Fresh: 42 | Rotten: 10

A beautifully acted, quietly moving little film.

80

Average Rating: 6.8/10
Critic Reviews: 20
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 4

A beautifully acted, quietly moving little film.

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Taking home both the audience prize for Best Director as well as the critics' prize for Best Film, writer-director Hilary Birmingham was the toast of the 2000 L.A. Independent Film Festival with this slice-of-life drama about a pair of motherless young men and their relationships with women. Tully Jr. (Anson Mount) and Earl (Glenn Fitzgerald) live on their father's Nebraska ranch, proud and independent to a fault. While the shy, reclusive Earl spends his free time watching movies, the cockier

Jun 17, 2003

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All Critics (58) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (42) | Rotten (12) | DVD (8)

Flawed but promising.

February 13, 2003 Comment
Orlando Sentinel
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Watching Tully reminded me of a time when calling a movie 'little' was a compliment, a way of saying a director had found ways to locate his movie in a world that seemed entirely real.

February 7, 2003 Comment
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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At turns heartbreaking and heart-stirring.

January 30, 2003 Comment
Philadelphia Inquirer
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There's certainly nothing objectionable about Tully, but there's nothing remarkable either. It resides in that cinematic middle ground of not-bad, not-great, just okay.

January 24, 2003 Comment
Washington Post
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It brims with characters, incidents and dialogue that are alternately sharp and lyrical, and sometimes both at the same time.

January 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | Comment
Sacramento Bee
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Modestly budgeted but richly visual film.

January 24, 2003 Comment
Washington Post
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The movie was critically lauded when it was released theatrically last fall, more than two years after its completion, but audiences never quite seemed to catch on.

November 5, 2004 Comment
Reel.com

Tully is worth a look for its true-to-life characters, its sensitive acting, its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer Hilary Birmingham.

June 20, 2003 Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | Comment
Salt Lake Tribune

Best to just pick up a blade of grass and chew on it while absorbing the scenic imagery and natural acting of a strong cast.

April 17, 2003 Comment
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

The movie resonates with a rare and genuine sweetness.

March 28, 2003 Comment
Seattle Times

The revelations... are not in the plot but in the rhythm of life and the pace of days (brought to life perfectly in the crisp, bright, sunlit photography)...

March 27, 2003 Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Comment
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A heartfelt, understated and occasionally heavy-handed slice of heartland.

March 20, 2003 Comment
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

It's a promising debut made even better by an impressive bunch of actors.

February 13, 2003 Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | Comment
Orlando Weekly
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Audience Reviews for Tully

A quiet film, about a quiet man and his two sons, living on a farm in Nebraska. Tully (Anson Mount), is the elder son, and a twenty-something Lothario who believes himself irresistible to women. His younger brother, Earl (Glenn Fitzgerald), works hard and plays clean. A straight-arrow neighboring girl, Ella (Julianne

January 13, 2011
Mark Abell

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Wasn't quite sure what to expect from this but I was pleasantly surprised. It's a very sweet and realistic story. Considering that I'm really not fond of Julianne Nicholson on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, it was nice to see her play a different role, and one that was actually likable.

August 30, 2009

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