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      • Paterno is a more distinctive-looking movie than a lot of these HBO biopics, though, again, it isn’t really a biopic. Thin supporting characters, the strange structural choices and the still-elusive nature of several facts in the timeline make it more of an introspective snapshot of a tragic moment of reckoning than anything revelatory.
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  2. Apr 6, 2018 · Paterno,” director Barry Levinson’s dramatization of these events, airing this weekend on HBO, lacks the scope of Bar-Lev’s film, yet stands on its own as a potent cautionary tale. The script co-authored by Debora Cahn and John C. Richards frames its narrative around the two-and-a-half months following Sandusky’s 2011 indictment, a ...

  3. Apr 3, 2018 · ‘Paterno’ Review: Al Pacino Is Low-Key Remarkable in a Scathing Portrait of Complicit Guilt. Barry Levinson's HBO film is a propulsive blend of speed and restraint, moving quickly through a...

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  4. Fresh score. 71% Tomatometer 41 Reviews. Rotten audience score. 49% Audience Score 250+ Ratings. Penn State football coach Joe Paterno becomes embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal. Content ...

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  5. Apr 6, 2018 · April 6, 2018. HBO’s “Paterno” is a film about a real-life sex-abuse scandal in which the abuser and the abused are relegated to supporting roles. A dogged reporter (Riley Keough) and one brave...

  6. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 70%, based on 40 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, " Paterno , elevated by deft direction from Barry Levinson and a strong Al Pacino performance, presents a hard-hitting dramatization of a gut-wrenching real-life ...

  7. Paterno Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Kenneth Seward Jr. IGN Movies. The plot’s structuring is odd and nothing’s fleshed out enough for the audience to...

  8. Apr 11, 2018 · ‘Paterno’ reviews: Al Pacino ‘at his best’ in ‘remarkable’ performance as disgraced football coach Joe Paterno. Marcus James Dixon @marcusdixon. TV. April 11, 2018 1:00PM. Atsushi...

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