The film’s pleasures are to be found almost entirely in the meticulously recreated period design.
A Scanner Darkly looks sweet, but it's scarcely penetrating.
Richard Linklater isn’t adept at seeing multiple narratives through to their various plausible conclusions.
Richard Linklater does an admirable job of shoehorning in as much of the sprawling nonfiction narrative as he can.
Richard Linklaer is good at capturing the failed intimacy of Generation X.
A potty-mouthed reconfiguration of a sports classic for our Bad Santa age. Funny stuff.
Richard Linklater’s remake remains largely faithful to the original film’s spirit of crude rebelliousness.
Nothing special in the extras department but Before Sunset is a film that truly speaks for itself.
Its beauty and grace is its unparalleled ability to capture the idiosyncratic rhythm and cadence of everyday dialogue.
Yes, it’s an excellent DVD package, but most importantly: Now you can watch VH1’s “Save the Music” PSA whenever you want.
For those responsible for the joyous School of Rock, we salute you.
This awesome DVD package exposes the technical brouhaha behind Linklater’s magical concept art.
By virtue of existing on celluloid, Tape is cinematic.
The film affects a nondenominational fugue state, where everyone is part of God but free of the pressures of groupthink.