Miami Herald
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10
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By Rene Rodriguez
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Aug 27, 2012
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Most of Wes Anderson's previous pictures came from the head; Moonrise Kingdom is one from the heart.
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Houston Movie Examiner
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8
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By Chris Sawin
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Jun 16, 2012
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It can probably go on record that Wes Anderson has never made a bad film. Certainly some are better than others and everyone is going to have their favorite(s) that they connect to the most (cough 'Rushmore' cough cough), but his films are always enjoyable....
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Detroit News
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8
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By Tom Long
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Jun 15, 2012
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Anderson never loses his core themes - young love, the need to escape, the bind and bluster of family. His "Kingdom" may not be large, but it is perfectly appointed.
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Detroit Movie Examiner
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10
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By Tom Santilli
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Jun 15, 2012
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Moonrise Kingdom is a fantastic film full of laughs and full of heart. Directed by Wes Anderson, it is also unmistakably a Wes Anderson film. Anderson has got to be one of the most distinct filmmakers of our time, with an odd visual style all his own. There are very few filmmakers today - Quentin Tarantino is another that comes to mind - where you could catch only a few seconds of any one of his films and know who made it.Believe it or not, although I resp...
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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10
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By Steven Rea
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Jun 08, 2012
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The usual complaints and caveats about Anderson - he's precious, his characters have no grounding in the real world - can be made about Moonrise Kingdom, but so what?
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Newsday
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6
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By Rafer Guzman
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Jun 08, 2012
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Though undeniably smart and charming, "Moonrise Kingdom" loves itself the way the callow Holden Caulfield loves himself: unconditionally. Salinger understood the problem with that. Anderson may not.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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10
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By Colin Covert
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Jun 08, 2012
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The latest unadulterated delight from Wes Anderson, director of "Rushmore," "The Royal Tenenbaums" and "Fantastic Mr. Fox."
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Arizona Republic
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9
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By Bill Goodykoontz
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Jun 07, 2012
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Anderson and his actors are able to convey more genuine feeling through these devices than most filmmakers can with more-traditional means.
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Movie Examiner
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8
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By Jason Roestel
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Jun 07, 2012
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Moonrise Kingdom/2012Directed by: Wes AndersonStarring: Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, Jason Schwartzman, Harvey Keitel, and Tilda Swinton.The Plot: It's Summer camp 1965, and young love runs as thick and dangerous as wild nettles....
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ReelViews
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9
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By James Berardinelli
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Jun 06, 2012
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One knock against some of Anderson's previous efforts is that they're too clever - so clever, in fact, that the humanity gets sucked out of them. That doesn't happen here.
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Chicago Sun-Times
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9
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By Roger Ebert
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Jun 01, 2012
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Wes Anderson's mind must be an exciting place for a story idea to be born.
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Chicago Reader
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0
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By Ben Sachs
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Jun 01, 2012
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Wes Anderson's most intimate film since Bottle Rocket (1996) and maybe his most deeply felt overall.
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Chicago Tribune
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9
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By Michael Phillips
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Jun 01, 2012
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It's a fable about what it feels like to be 12 years old and afflicted, from head to toe, by a romantic crush the size of a planet.
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New York Observer
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2
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By Rex Reed
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Jun 01, 2012
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Like all Wes Anderson movies, it is naïve, mannered, pretentious and incomprehensible.
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San Francisco Chronicle
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10
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By Amy Biancolli
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Jun 01, 2012
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It's an adventure, a love story, a biblical allegory complete with approaching storm, a mash note to composer Benjamin Britten and a profoundly touching discourse on the needs of troubled children.
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Boston Globe
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10
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By Wesley Morris
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Jun 01, 2012
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"Moonrise Kingdom" is Anderson's seventh movie, and it's the first since "Rushmore" that works from the opening shot to the final image.
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Globe and Mail
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8
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By Rick Groen
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Jun 01, 2012
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Last time out, in Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson adapted a children's book by Roald Dahl. Now, in Moonrise Kingdom, he's made one of his own.
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service
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6
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By Roger Moore
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Jun 01, 2012
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If it's not as deft as his most adorable confections ("The Royal Tenenbaums," "The Fantastic Mr. Fox"), it's still got plenty to chew on and chuckle over for initiates in the Cult of Wes.
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Washington Post
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8
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By Ann Hornaday
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Jun 01, 2012
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There's no denying the extravagant pleasures "Moonrise Kingdom" affords as an erudite wish-fulfillment fantasy of empowerment and autonomy.
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The Atlantic
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0
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By Christopher Orr
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Jun 01, 2012
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Anderson's best feature since Rushmore, in part because, like that film, it takes as its primary subject matter odd, precocious children, rather than the damaged and dissatisfied adults they will one day become.
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Orlando Movie Examiner
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8
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By Christopher Crespo
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Jun 01, 2012
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Moonrise Kingdom is yet another delicately-made, sweet natured yet decidedly adult, French New Wave inspired movie about the precocious children of imperfect parents and their unusual family dynamics from writer/director Wes Anderson (recognize!)....
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Salon.com
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0
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By Andrew O'Hehir
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May 24, 2012
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Moonrise Kingdom is a deeply romantic film, perhaps the sweetest and most compassionate Anderson has ever made.
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Entertainment Weekly
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6
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By Owen Gleiberman
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May 24, 2012
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Anderson hasn't lost his puckishly charming genius for cinema-as-diorama visuals. Yet a lot happens in this film, and not a lot of it matters.
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The Wrap
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0
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By Alonso Duralde
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May 23, 2012
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Resembles a novelization of Godard's Pierrot le Fou as conceived by storybook artist Richard Scarry.
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Associated Press
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9
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By Christy Lemire
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May 23, 2012
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If you love Wes Anderson, you'll love this: The best of what he can do is vibrantly on display.
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MSN Movies
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10
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By Glenn Kenny
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May 23, 2012
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It's an extraordinary thing, from start to finish.
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Village Voice
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0
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By Karina Longworth
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May 23, 2012
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Its portrait of young love is both mature and defiantly utopian.
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AV Club
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8
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By Mike D'Angelo
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May 21, 2012
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If you hate Wes Anderson, this movie won't change your mind, but believers should be enchanted.
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Total Film
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8
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By Kevin Harley
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May 21, 2012
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Fleet, funny, impeccably orchestrated: whimsical Wes returns on top of his game.
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Empire Magazine
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8
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By Nev Pierce
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May 21, 2012
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As funny, bittersweet and as distinct as you'd expect from Wes Anderson, a director who helps you know you are not alone.
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sbs.com.au
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7
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By Lisa Nesselson
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May 21, 2012
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This jaunty romp, written by Anderson with Roman Coppola, is a delightful succession of sombre pronouncements and sight gags in the service of a tale with a bittersweet emotional core.
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Toronto Star
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0
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By Peter Howell
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May 21, 2012
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A literate, knowing and sweet-hearted reverie about adolescence, that strange gap between childhood and adulthood. It's beautifully rendered by a filmmaker very much in touch with his inner rebel kid.
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Hollywood Reporter
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0
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By Todd McCarthy
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May 21, 2012
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As in Fantastic Mr. Fox, Anderson is able to express sincere personal connection and compatibility while employing a highly artificial style.
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TIME Magazine
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0
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By Richard Corliss
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May 21, 2012
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Cheers for a Cannes director who has infused his technical mastery with radiant life. In the Museum of the World of Wes Anderson, the dolls are dancing.
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Variety
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0
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By Peter Debruge
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May 21, 2012
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Moonrise Kingdom represents a sort of non-magical Neverland -- that momentous instant when the world can seem so small and a naive crush can feel all-consuming.
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Film.com
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9
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By Eric D. Snider
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May 21, 2012
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Terrific work by an enviably talented filmmaker, with a wistful poignance that will stick with you.
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New York Magazine
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0
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By David Edelstein
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May 21, 2012
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It left me bemused instead of moved, but true Andersonites will likely float away in a state of nirvana.
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