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3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[A] loose-limbed, almost cheerily elegiac picture that convincingly creates its own strange and familiar world." (Premiere, 06/01/2006, p.36, Glenn Kenny), 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Take your time and relax into a movie that's as comfy as Keillor's pillowy baritone....There's magic in it." (Rolling Stone, 06/15/2006, p.106, Peter Travers), "Altman uses his trademark wandering camera to mosey from character to character, pausing to watch and listen as they tease one another, reminisce about the old days, [and] worry about the future..." (Los Angeles Times, 06/09/2006, p.E10, Carina Chocano), "[T]he movie snuggles deep into the mood and sensibility of its source, Garrison Keillor's long-running radio variety show....It's just wonderful." (New York Times, 06/09/2006, p.E12, A. O. Scott), 3 stars out of 5 -- "PRAIRIE is a gentle movie, set primarily in Minnesota's Fitzgerald Theatre, the real home of the radio show." (Total Film, 02/01/2007, p.41, Total Film Staff), Ranked #10 in Rolling Stone's "The 10 Best Movies Of 2006" -- "The cast, led by the incomparable Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin, glow under Altman's playful watch." (Rolling Stone, 12/28/2006, 118, Peter Travers), Ranked #18 in Film Comment's "20 Best Films Of 2006." (Film Comment, 01/01/2007, p.36, Film Comment Staff), "[Set within a] heartland of boundless creativity and calm stoicism." (Film Comment, 01/01/2007, p.39, Film Comment Staff), 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his is a lovely curtain call, as wry and irascible as his best films, but warmer and more celebratory than most." (Uncut, 02/01/2007, p.101, Tom Charity), "This is one of Altman's trademark all-star ensemble pieces, full of his equally trademark overlapping dialogue, his camera floating amiably in seemingly improvised style from group to group." (Sight and Sound, 03/01/2007, p.70-71, Philip Kemp), 3 stars out of 5 -- "Robert Altman's final film is a wry meditation on death and the inevitable passing of all things." (Uncut, 08/01/2007, p.137, Chris Roberts) |
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