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Although more than a little meandering and self-indulgent, the film is likeable nonetheless due to its incisive characterizations and canny capturing of true-life moments. Jun 5, 2014 | Full Review…
Although more than a little meandering and self-indulgent, the film is likeable nonetheless due to its incisive characterizations and canny capturing of true-life moments.
Frank Scheck
While these loose ends might sound like scrambled bits out of an Eric Rohmer film, Mr. Maren's movie rather finds its groove in its humble domestic detail. May 15, 2014 | Full Review…
While these loose ends might sound like scrambled bits out of an Eric Rohmer film, Mr. Maren's movie rather finds its groove in its humble domestic detail.
Nicolas Rapold
Lavin is a treasure. But Erika is right - Nathan's neurotic self-indulgence strains our patience. May 15, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Lavin is a treasure. But Erika is right - Nathan's neurotic self-indulgence strains our patience.
Elizabeth Weitzman
Not a lot happens, and yet, as in the best so-called "slice of life" stories, you feel one way of life ending and another struggling to be born. The little that happens is enough. May 15, 2014 | Full Review…
Not a lot happens, and yet, as in the best so-called "slice of life" stories, you feel one way of life ending and another struggling to be born. The little that happens is enough.
David Edelstein
Modest but winsome. May 14, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Modest but winsome.
Matthew Kassel
Maren's script isn't deep, but it's heartfelt without being sticky, suggesting that the best way to deal with aging parents is to savor every tender frustration while you can. May 14, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Maren's script isn't deep, but it's heartfelt without being sticky, suggesting that the best way to deal with aging parents is to savor every tender frustration while you can.
Kyle Smith
There is nothing to inherently dislike in A Short History of Decay, but neither is there anything to love. Aug 5, 2014 | Rating: 3/10 | Full Review…
There is nothing to inherently dislike in A Short History of Decay, but neither is there anything to love.
Zach Hollwedel
Writer-director Michael Maren takes on a subject that is affecting baby-boomers all over the world...and he does so with a certain necessary seriousness and sensitivity. The problem here is that his film is neither very deep nor particularly moving. May 19, 2014 | Full Review…
Writer-director Michael Maren takes on a subject that is affecting baby-boomers all over the world...and he does so with a certain necessary seriousness and sensitivity. The problem here is that his film is neither very deep nor particularly moving.
David Noh
[The] film desperately tries to mine sweetness from the banality of life's endgame, but the falseness of its bittersweet storytelling only accentuates the misery. May 15, 2014 | Rating: 0.5/5 | Full Review…
[The] film desperately tries to mine sweetness from the banality of life's endgame, but the falseness of its bittersweet storytelling only accentuates the misery.
David Ehrlich
The film flourishes when it moves away from a coming-of-age story to a more family ensemble piece. May 14, 2014 | Rating: 7.3/10 | Full Review…
The film flourishes when it moves away from a coming-of-age story to a more family ensemble piece.
Christine N. Ziemba
A satisfying little film that keeps surprising you with its ability to tell recognizable truths in an original and human way. May 13, 2014 | Full Review…
A satisfying little film that keeps surprising you with its ability to tell recognizable truths in an original and human way.
Marshall Fine
For the most part, A Short History of Decay triumphs over its pretensions. May 13, 2014 | Full Review…
For the most part, A Short History of Decay triumphs over its pretensions.
Steve Erickson
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