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Sep 23, 2016 · Which brings us to the matter of the movie’s abrupt and disconcerting ending. It is abrupt, and disconcerting. And not, to be frank, entirely new: it draws on a device that’s been kind of overused in contemporary cinema, both art house and mainstream. What’s different here are the moments directly preceding it.
Sep 29, 2016 · Sept. 29, 2016 11:20 AM PT. For a drama that’s as quiet and circumspect as “Chronic,” it’s a decidedly bold film, one that pulls few punches as it slowly peels away the emotional layers of its...
Sep 21, 2016 · “After Lucia,” which won top prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, is about a man who’s still reeling from his wife’s sudden death when their daughter becomes...
Sep 22, 2016 · The end of Chronic is shocking, a poetically just act of extravagance that the film spends its run time earning. How much misery can you accrete to the human condition before the screen goes...
Sep 23, 2016 · Chronic demands patience from the viewer -- and yields rich dividends with an affecting story and a committed starring performance by Tim Roth. Read Critics Reviews
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May 24, 2015 · The applause at the end of the screening for Chronic arrived with a slight delay. Everyone seemed to be taken aback by the sudden, predictable, yet at the same time unexpected, ending.
In the last segment, David forms a relationship with a woman undergoing chemotherapy and ultimately facing a terminal diagnosis. Again David's engagement of the dying is cathartic, but Franco now shifts gears by injecting another issue into the narrative involving assisted suicide.
