Little White Lies
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6
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By Adam Woodward
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May 24, 2012
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Passionate if insubstantial period piece. Rahim is the real deal, though.
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Time Out
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6
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By Dave Calhoun
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May 23, 2012
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Ferroukhi fails to communicate much of the fear and paranoia of living in an occupied city.
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ViewLondon
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6
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By Matthew Turner
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May 23, 2012
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Enjoyable French wartime drama that brings a new perspective to a familiar story and features a compelling central performance from Tahar Rahim, but the plot is occasionally frustrating and appears to lack direction.
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Sky Movies
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6
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By Tim Evans
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May 23, 2012
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It's a quietly thoughtful film that eschews cheap sentimentality and - through the assured performance of Rahim - demonstrates that good can come from the most unlikely places.
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East Bay Express
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0
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By Kelly Vance
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May 21, 2012
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One of those espionage/war movies in which the usual thrilling chases and shootouts take a back seat to the transformations that occur in the protagonists' minds.
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Empire Magazine
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6
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By David Hughes
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May 21, 2012
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It may lack the punch of his turn in A Prophet, but Rahim again dominates the screen in an effective wartime thriller.
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Total Film
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6
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By Tom Dawson
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May 21, 2012
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Modest in both budget and impact, it's nonetheless intelligently executed...
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The List
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6
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By Miles Fielder
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May 21, 2012
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Loosely based on real events, this espionage drama set during World War II focuses on the largely overlooked cooperation between Arabic immigrants and the French Resistance.
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Variety
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0
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By Dennis Harvey
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May 21, 2012
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A satisfying wartime espionage drama focused on little-noted intersections between Arabic emigres and the French Resistance.
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New York Times
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7
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By A.O. Scott
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May 21, 2012
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A worthy and interesting chapter to the tradition of World War II dramas of conscience.
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Village Voice
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0
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By Benjamin Mercer
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May 21, 2012
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Free Men never feels like a movie about a developing conscience, due largely to the shallowness of the protagonist as written and, by extension, Rahim's portrayal...
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Christian Science Monitor
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5
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By Peter Rainer
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May 21, 2012
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The film benefits greatly from Rahim's subtle, effective performance; and it's inevitably heartening to see Jewish and Muslim Algerians identify themselves in national, not ethnic or religious, terms, while fighting a common enemy.
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Boston Globe
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5
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By Mark Feeney
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May 21, 2012
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Rahim has the eyes of the young Mandy Patinkin. If only he had some of the wildness.
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New York Post
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6
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By Kyle Smith
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May 21, 2012
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"Free Men" is so-so, but it is driven by a mischievously interesting idea: that Muslims and Jews have more in common than they normally allow.
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