| Vivendi Entertainment | Release Date: July 11, 2008 | CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION | ||
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Critic Reviews
Prolific helmer Kari Skogland draws a fiery performance from vet Burstyn and a beguiling one from Christine Horne as the young Hagar. Yet the book's sheer "Giant"-like scope necessitates generational cross-cutting that's both rushed and cluttered; pic would have have been better served as a more leisurely miniseries.
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Burstyn gets to use her full bag of tricks to bring this crabby, hard-knocks survivor to life.
Though she's aged 15 unflattering years, forced into awful old lady clothes and her character teeters on unsympathetic, the actress manages a rich, vanity-free performance, perhaps her best since "Requiem for a Dream."
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