Bright Leaves

Name: Bright Leaves
Genre: Documentary
Released: August 25, 2004
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 79

2004

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Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews

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First Run Features | Release Date: August 25, 2004

Summary: This documentary is a subjective, autobiographical meditation on the allure of cigarettes and their troubling legacy for the state of North Carolina. [First Run Features]

Director: Ross McElwee

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 107 min

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David Sterritt

Deeply personal, morally alert, and highly entertaining. Read full review

Stephen Hunter

A brilliantly amusing couple of hours. Read full review

Stephen Holden

By the end of this reflective, wise, often hilarious movie, you feel as though he (McElwee) has slapped a huge chunk of raw, palpitating life onto the screen. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

Inevitably poignant but also often amusing and always deeply touching. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

In a season of hyperven tilating political docu mentaries - witness Michael Moore and his imitators - Ross McElwee shows just how far subtlety can go with his latest charming effort, Bright Leaves. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

Another of his (McElwee) beguiling "personal chronicle" movies. Read full review

Marta Barber

Results in a weightless film. Worse still, McElwee's languid tone makes his journey lack conviction. Read full review

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