George Washington is a mood piece first, and its triumph is in bottling up the intense feeling of early adolescence, and watching how tragedy transforms it.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 10, 2014

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 7, 2011

You have to bring a lot of yourself to this film if you want it to give something back, but the rewards are considerable.

| Jul 18, 2007

Undistinguished and uninvolving attempt to offer a rural spin on Kids.

Full Review | Jul 18, 2007

Amid languorous style, the story gets lost, which is a pity because it could have been a nice quirky one.

| Jul 17, 2007

Poetic, patient and beautiful, it's an astoundingly mature film from 25 year old debutant director Green.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2006

The film absorbs elements of documentary and improvisation to produce a remarkably organic whole.

| Jun 24, 2006

It's possible to keep one's feet on the ground and still appreciate the film's quiet verbal and visual poetry.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Jul 21, 2005

A gracious sleepwalk of a movie that could have used a firmer strut.

Full Review | Sep 26, 2002

One of the most striking and affecting American independent films of the year, heralding the arrival of a formidable young talent in Green.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 15, 2002

Brave and thoughtful and aesthetically pleasing.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 19, 2002

George Washington is the closest thing we have to William Faulkner on screen

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 17, 2002

On the basis of this stunningly impressive feature debut, [director Green] is set to become a Terrence Malick for the 21st century, reviving the values of artistry and reflectiveness in American indie cinema.

| Oct 16, 2001

You want to like the film more, but, unfortunately, it just moves too slowly, not enough happens and the characters just don't have enough interesting or original things to say.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 24, 2001

A work of startling originality that will haunt you for a good, long time.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 10, 2001

A work of uncommon beauty and intelligence, one that is smart enough to trust its characters and the technical contributions of its crew.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 27, 2001

Not like any other movie. That, in itself, makes it something to see.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 14, 2001

It remembers a summer that was not a happy summer, but there will never again be a summer so intensely felt, so alive, so valuable.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 14, 2001

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 29, 2000

It offers a generous amount of treasures, if you summon the patience to sit through it.

| Jan 1, 2000