...what I especially loved was that this film lets its two main characters do genuinely awful, hurtful things, which don't even disrupt the siblings' mirrored self-righteousness...

| Oct 23, 2020

The kind of film that often gets lost in the Hollywood shuffle, You Can Count On Me is marked by great writing... and utterly believable relationships between characters.

| Jan 29, 2020

Unusually sharp editing is the first hint that in fact it's a superior, acutely observed comedy-drama about family ties and the struggle to find a sense of purpose, even managing to work in some genuinely metaphysical intimations.

| Apr 10, 2018

Sweet family drama has profanity and mature themes.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 11, 2016

Beautiful, compassionate, articulate.

| Original Score: A | Sep 7, 2011

This feature debute, which gives good name to American indie cinema, is worth revisiting on DVD for the performances of Mark Ruffalo and Laura Linney.

| Original Score: A- | May 17, 2011

well structured without resorting to flashbacks

| Original Score: B | May 14, 2011

A score of Bach's unaccompanied cello suites befits siblings accustomed to solitude - passages of mourning and joy given life by characters with proper proportions of antagonism and affection. Unresolved yet complete, it's about replacing fear with truth.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 15, 2010

Stylized showmen do Rain Man and Forrest Gump, but it takes a natural actor like Ruffalo to pull off this strange beauty.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 16, 2009

Linney and Ruffalo's rapport is warm but raw and unsentimental, capturing the unconditional tough love dynamic that can only exist between siblings.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 9, 2009

Few films have explored the complicated bonds of love and resentment between brother and sister with such delightful honesty.

| Mar 31, 2008

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 14, 2007

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

A quiet, amazingly sharp character study.

| May 26, 2006

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 1, 2005

Lonergan avoids the faults of many American storytellers by refusing to cast characters in a judgmental light, giving each enough dignity to be convincing and sympathetic.

| Original Score: A | Jan 15, 2005

It is a rarity to find a film willing to tell a story through an exploration of the relationship, the romance, between a brother and a sister.

| Original Score: 3 | Jul 13, 2004

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 30, 2004

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 22, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 14, 2003