...what I especially loved was that this film lets its two main characters do genuinely awful, hurtful things, which don't even disrupt the siblings' mirrored self-righteousness...

Full Review | Oct 23, 2020

The kind of film that often gets lost in the Hollywood shuffle, You Can Count On Me is marked by great writing... and utterly believable relationships between characters.

Full Review | Jan 29, 2020

Unusually sharp editing is the first hint that in fact it's a superior, acutely observed comedy-drama about family ties and the struggle to find a sense of purpose, even managing to work in some genuinely metaphysical intimations.

Full Review | Apr 10, 2018

Sweet family drama has profanity and mature themes.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 11, 2016

Beautiful, compassionate, articulate.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Sep 7, 2011

This feature debute, which gives good name to American indie cinema, is worth revisiting on DVD for the performances of Mark Ruffalo and Laura Linney.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | May 17, 2011

well structured without resorting to flashbacks

Full Review | Original Score: B | May 14, 2011

A score of Bach's unaccompanied cello suites befits siblings accustomed to solitude - passages of mourning and joy given life by characters with proper proportions of antagonism and affection. Unresolved yet complete, it's about replacing fear with truth.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 15, 2010

The lead characters are extremely well played by Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo. Yet above all it is Kenneth Lonergan's writing and direction that left the biggest mark.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 6, 2010

Stylized showmen do Rain Man and Forrest Gump, but it takes a natural actor like Ruffalo to pull off this strange beauty.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 16, 2009

Linney and Ruffalo's rapport is warm but raw and unsentimental, capturing the unconditional tough love dynamic that can only exist between siblings.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 9, 2009

Few films have explored the complicated bonds of love and resentment between brother and sister with such delightful honesty.

Full Review | Mar 31, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 14, 2007

A quiet, amazingly sharp character study.

Full Review | May 26, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 1, 2005

Lonergan avoids the faults of many American storytellers by refusing to cast characters in a judgmental light, giving each enough dignity to be convincing and sympathetic.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Jan 15, 2005

It is a rarity to find a film willing to tell a story through an exploration of the relationship, the romance, between a brother and a sister.

Full Review | Original Score: 3 | Jul 13, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 22, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 14, 2003

You won't meet a nicer dysfunctional family all year.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 13, 2003