Atom User Reviews for Welcome to Marwen

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JERRY COADY
#greattechnology
#original
#truestory

Don’t believe the critics, this is a great movie! Bringing the dolls to life was a stroke of genius and creative masterpiece.

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Yasmeen Yasmeen
#inspiring
#unique

Great movie. Unique. Based on true story as it mentions. I wish it was a little less cartoon, but still great movie. You NEVER find out if hr decides to let go of his fantasy world or not. and you NEVER find out exactly what punishment his abusers got from the judge.

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Mike Philson

we loved this movie....the interaction between the cgi characters/dolls and the real life people was fascinating....great story, too

MM
Melody McKinney
#slow

The worst movie ever ... I left during the movie it was so awful

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Charlotte Satterlee
#truestory
#greatcast
#original

This movie highlights what an attitude of love and acceptance can conquer. All the people who joined to support the main character and help him through the horrible attack gave him the strength to ultimately be his own hero. I enjoyed this movie more than I thought I…

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Scott Ayala
#justatadgay

justva tad gsy

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krista hammack
#justokay
#slow

Not what I was expecting. Very slow.

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Scott Littky

Movie was good, not amazing but good. I enjoyed seeing it and would recommend it to others

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Daniel Daniel

Do watch it!🤬

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Walter Santamaria

Lacked story-telling

JP
jo pert

A VERRRY creative and poetic way of telling the story of how some1 deals with PTSD!

CB
Christine Baucom Lang

Great movie! Loved it!

LC
Laura Christensen

Kinda dumb

DL
Devan Laurent

Really great movie, awe inspiring and visually impactful.

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Egor Korovin
#notmyfave
#justokay
#disappointing

Robert, I won't forgive you.

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Tiffany Shaw
#truestory
#inspiring
#smart

Very interesting how the live action and CGI were intergrated in the scenes. It was inspirational and well acted.

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David Webster
#original
#justokay
#truestory

This movie was ok. We did consider leaving at one point because we thought our time could be better spent. Steve does a really good job acting but the story was a bit slow at times. It wasn’t a terribly bad movie but one I’d reserve for an at home viewing.

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Amayrani Alvarez
#mustsee
#inspiring
#truestory

Such an inspiring film and every second kept getting better and better. Must see if you love these types of films. Also more touching to know it is a true story. ♥️

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Anthony Wight
#original
#truestory
#clever

Great way to tell the story.

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trinidad claussen
#truestory

Steve Carell does an amazing job and the visuals are outstanding, yet the story never makes a decision about wanting to live more in the real world or his fantasy world, and in the end just walks away leaving you feel unfulfilled.

CJ
Cherie Jarvis
#truestory
#greatcast
#inspiring

I enjoyed this movie!!!

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Shannon Looney
#original
#greatcast

good movie, good effects, great cast, missing a score that moves you... but the soundtrack is on point!

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Monica West
#allthefeels
#truestory
#greatcast

Definitely an Inspirational movie!

MC
Merell Cole
#greatvisualfx

The story could have been told better. I feel as if I don’t know anything more about the characters than what I learned in the trailers. Also, the movie left a lot of unanswered questions. Overall it was just weird but visually appealing.

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Shane Brashear
#clever

It’s was ok. I had to keep reminding myself that it was a true story because the main characters cowardice got a little annoying.

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Diego Gutierrez
#greatvisualfx
#truestory
#clever

If youre on the fence about it, just watch it ; it's better than youd expect. It's a zemeckis film, so you know a lot of heart and effort is put into it the project. Despite what the critics say, its an enjoyable movie, has its moments and opens your world to a story you…

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RICHARD FRECHIN
#truestory
#inspiring
#original

Good (and true) story of love and violence and bigotry, really well told-

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Yitze Abraham
#lovestory
#mustsee
#truestory

I cried, i laughed, but i loved itt

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susan krutsch
#loveheals
#truestory
#clever

wonderful snow globe look into a beautiful soul once crushed.

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Nicholas Hess
#michaelscott
#justokay
#awardbuzz

So.. yea It was good, definitely a good way top depict PTSD from any source. It would be great had it not been for the shoes aspect and "womans essence" etc..too much.

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KeriEng DoveFinal
#greatvisualfx
#greatcast

Not at all what I expected, and not in a good way. Great aesthetics though with the doll fx

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Benjamin Carrasco
#greatvisualfx
#notmyfave
#greatcast

Good movie because of the actors, but the ending was not at all worth the buildup there was in the movie. I left feeling unsure about how I truly felt about it!

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Cadence Smith
#inspiring

i absolutely loved this movie! it's the best movie i have seen in a long time! definitely touched home for me.

GB
Geno Bowers
#original
#truestory
#greatvisualfx

Not as bad as I thought it would be based on the reviews I read before seeing it.

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Nnenna Umelloh
#truestory
#inspiring
#clever

This is a feel-good movie!

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Teresa Herrera
#fantasy
#original
#truestory

The intent of the movie comes through, it’s just weighed down by the sometimes slow pace. There are moments when things are introduced and then never brought up again. It’s a descent movie with strong performances, but it feels incomplete.

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Debbie Taylor
#slow

Slow and unbelievable .

JD
James Downey
#truestory

Wonderful

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Diane Lara
#truestory
#inspiring
#greatcast

My entire family enjoyed this movie! Must see

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Irene Candelaria
#greatcast
#truestory
#original

I enjoy the story

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Steve Rudenko
#justokay

It was OK. Not great. The fact that its based on a true story made it more tolerable

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RACHEL SUDDUTH
#justokay

Actors were really good but the movie (story) was really strange, a lot of violence, bad language and even doll nudity, not a movie for kids. A story that was kind of hard to follow..

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Colin Currie
#clever

l like the animation. Great job on the blended animation story with the main character's personification.

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Courtney Suk
#truestory
#slow
#clever

Cute movie. Quite obscure, if it weren't based on a true story I would have considered it a waste of time. However, it did have it's moments of cleaverness and sincerity.

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Mayra Herrera
#justokay
#slow
#truestory

was really excited to see this movie. Trailer looked great. but wasn't what I expected.

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Stephanie Souders
#truestory
#datenight

The visual effects were great. Really pulled you in. could have developed the plot and characters more but really enjoyable film.

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nick park
#truestory

not enough background info on characters so I wish they expanded on main character before the accident and the characters of the females that he based the dolls from.

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Angela Spencer
#inspiring
#original

breast shots

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Niah Vivier
#clever
#greatvisualfx
#original

Very original. Never seen anything like it before. Expected to see a few actors a lot more in the film though. I also expected the film to cover more time. Steve Carrell gave a great performance all throughout.

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Candice Harmer
#truestory
#greatvisualfx
#inspiring

This movie was so good. Different but good. It had a good message in it.

Metacritic

63
Dec 20, 2018

The movie works best when it falls back on plain old acting. Merritt Wever is sweet presence as the hobby shop worker and gentle soul who understands Mark’s obsessions, and appreciates his art. Her scenes with Carell are the movie’s least technological, and its best.

Gary Thompson
Philadelphia Daily News
30
Dec 20, 2018

Welcome to Marwen is a disastrously misconceived movie, but in such a boring way that it’s hard to imagine its target audience. Most of the time, big-screen disasters are hugely ambitious tales that completely miss the mark. This one hits the mark, but it’s probably not a target anybody should have been aiming at.

Emily VanDerWerff
Vox
25
Dec 19, 2018

The tone is almost willfully off-putting. The parts that are supposed to be cute could give you the creeps. The film is almost a Platonic ideal of how to take an emotionally transfixing real-life story and get it wrong.

Metacritic review by Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe