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12/30/06
Pure (2005)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:16
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.6/10
Consensus: This entry in the kitchen-sink realism genre is elevated by its strong performances.
Synopsis: Set in the East-End of London, PURE is a story about innocence. Ten year old Paul (Harry Eden) becomes the caretaker of his family - mother Mel (Molly Parker) and youngest brother Lee (Vinni... [More]
Starring: Harry Eden, Keira Knightley, Molly Parker, David Wenham
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Reviews for Pure
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07/01/06
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02/09/06
Eden, who holds the film together by his winning presence and doughty performance, effectively conveys the effect of severe challenges that no child should ever have to face.
12/06/05
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09/26/05
Top CriticAlthough there is nothing really new here, an honest sense of humanity wins out.
09/23/05
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09/10/05
derivative ... we've seen better
09/09/05
It is so well-acted that it deserves admiration, but some of its pedestrian plot elements drag it down toward mediocrity.
09/03/05
There are latchkey kids, and then there's Paul, the 10-year-old hero (there's no other word for it) of Gillies MacKinnon's powerful drama Pure.
08/26/05
Parker and Harry Eden, the boy who plays her precocious-by-necessity son, elevate Pure from a tedious cautionary tale to a wrenching drama.
08/05/05
You kinda wish something, anything good would happen to the kid. Maybe someone could get him some ice cream.
07/21/05
PURE offers a fascinating contrast between acting talent (Molly Parker) and star quality (Kiera Knightley).
07/14/05
Molly Parker is an extraordinary actress of the ordinary.
07/07/05
Top CriticIt’s a good film that really knows its subject.
06/20/05
Top CriticIn an award-worthy performance, [Eden] possesses the screen with ease and steals the entire film.
06/17/05
Top CriticPure is made in the fine old miserabilist tradition of Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, but MacKinnon has a rare way with children and a poetic eye for even the drabbest inner-city habitats.
06/16/05
A decent but ultimately unmemorable film.
06/11/05
Director Gillies MacKinnon (Hideous Kinky) forges a very wrenching and believable bond between Parker and Eden.
06/01/05
Though compellingly acted, Pure's spit and polished kitchen-sink realism exudes a disconcertingly cheery affection for the lives of its characters.
05/09/05
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