JWR
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6
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By S. James Wegg
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Feb 25, 2011
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Director/writer/cinematographer Patrick Roddy has shaped a moody tale of horror that begins with much promise but can’t quite find its tempo and tone.
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Film Threat
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Critic Rating:
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7
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By Felix Vasquez Jr.
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Feb 25, 2011
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A purely nightmarish tale of a convict whose own karma inevitably gets the best of him...
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NewsBlaze
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8
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By Kam Williams
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Feb 25, 2011
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A sentimental sitdram about whether or not a long-distance liaison between an artist and his worst critic has a fighting chance of blossoming into love.
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Boxoffice Magazine
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4
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By John P. McCarthy
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Feb 25, 2011
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Caan's decision to cast real-life pals such as Jane Fonda's son Garity, McDermott and John Boyd (as a blabbering lovesick friend)--not to mention his father--makes sense, but the decision to leave out the heart of his narrative doesn't.
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AV Club
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4
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By Nathan Rabin
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Feb 25, 2011
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With Glenn offscreen for huge sections of the film, Mercy devolves into yet another navel-gazing drama about a glib cad redeemed by the love of a good woman.
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Reel Film Reviews
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6
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By David Nusair
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Feb 25, 2011
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Frustratingly uneven...
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New York Press
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8
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By Mark Peikert
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Feb 25, 2011
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There's a frayed romanticism to Caan's script that belies his swaggering air of machismo; this is a man who understands the price of love, even if Johnny can't, or more probably, won't.
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New York Times
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6
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By Stephen Holden
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Feb 25, 2011
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Scott Caan delivers a complex portrait of a womanizing bully with a cream-puff heart.
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New York Post
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5
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By Lou Lumenick
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Feb 25, 2011
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Scott Caan, of all people, playing a writer of romantic novels?
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Village Voice
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2
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By Karina Longworth
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Feb 25, 2011
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Mercy looks like an Urban Outfitters catalog and plays like A Very Special Episode of Entourage, only sporadically convincing that it's taking such form to mobilize a critique of the same.
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Chicago Sun-Times
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5
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By Roger Ebert
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Feb 25, 2011
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I have a problem with movies about men who women cannot resist.
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Los Angeles Times
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5
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By Michael Ordoña
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Feb 25, 2011
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Mercy is a romantic drama with some good qualities -- among them earnestness and strong performances -- but not enough to completely overcome the strain of its clichés.
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