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Most are tickled pink: "a small miracle" with "an irresistibly companionable spirit" (David Denby, The New Yorker ). The classic Altman deep bench (including Patricia Neal, Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Chris O'Donnell, and Liv Tyler) does not disappoint, and most play twinklingly kooky oddballs.
Critics can't say enough good things about the film: It is "audacious, accomplished" (Emanuel Levy, Variety ), "a delicately conceived, fearless film" that is like "a long tragic poem" (David Denby, The New Yorker ), "one of the year's best" (Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times ). The New York Times ' Maslin calls it a "stunning debut feature" for director Kimberly Peirce, and Entertainment Weekly 's Owen Gleiberman calls Hilary Swank, a Beverly Hills 90210 veteran who plays Brandon, "extraordinary."
Critics deem Hurt a much underrated talent and say his performance evokes the protagonist of Thomas Mann's 1912 Death in Venice . "A creep, but a true hero" (David Denby, New York ). (Edelstein reviews the film in Slate .)
Reviewing When We Were Kings, New York 's Denby says, "For younger viewers, there will be two revelations--not only the mercurial Ali but Norman Mailer at his most sympathetic and brilliant."
I think Denby is right in saying that these are the twin poles, but most critics actually fall somewhere on the continuum between them.