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  Review by TheRecondite ★

  Yeah, I don't know. I'm gonna try to be as constructive as possible, and say that I laughed at the serious moments and frowned at the comedic moments. My mom just deultory put this on, and I tried to watch it, but in its theme driven storylines, there's something awfully wrong about it. Narrative, this and that, that and this. But still got to appreciate the effort, so yeah. F for Effort.

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  Review by Danielle Solzman ★★★★

  I haven't written a formal review yet but comedy isn't the first genre that I typically think of when it comes to movies about grief. I interviewed both Jack C. Newell and Marguerite Moreau about the film.

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  Review by Watch-it-Pal 👻 ★½

  I tried. Sometimes I worry that I am in too deep into movie viewing that I can no loner be objective, but also this had so many amateurish flavor profiles that it was hard to finish.

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  Review by rythemovieguy ★★★

  The tone was just right. I laughed, I got choked up, I danced. Nuff said

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  Review by John Singh ★★★½

  (Complete disclosure: I've worked on this film as the publicist for its release. I'm biased.) But each time I watch, it grows on me and gets more fulfilling as I accept its quirks and odd rhythms and fall under its gentle little spell. Its story of coping with catastrophic loss and coming to terms with life-altering grief is one that feels unusually compelling and meaningful right now. With some beautiful photography, evocative music and pitch-perfect central performances, it's got a lot to recommend it. You can take it from me. Even though I'm biased!

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  Review by sebastianstank ★★★★

  Good movie

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  Review by megood ★★★★★

  It's been a tough year and this was a really lovely and funny find.

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  Review by Gregory Wood ★★½

  This is billed as a comedy, but it's just not that funny I say it's a rom-dram written & directed by Jack C Newell. It's from Chicago Media & Black Apple Media & Zaxie.

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  Review by hilahilahila ★★

  midwest supremacy

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  Review by Raphael Martinez ★★½

  There are very few films that could possibly get away with using the cremated remains of a spouse as a macguffin, but MONUMENTS not only pulls off that incredibly sardonic feat, but somehow even manages to create a quality comedic road movie around it.

  After the sudden, and tragically banal, death of his wife Laura, Steven decides to ignore her family’s generations long traditional of burial on their farmland and instead abscond from Colorado with Laura’s remains to Chicago. His plan is to spread her ashes inside of the Field Museum, the place where he believes they had the happiest moment of their life. Of course, Laura’s family is not okay with this decision, and with the help of Laura’s…

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  Review by Marko Stojiljkovic ★★★½

  Mladi udovac ne zna šta će sam sa sobom u svom životu generalno, a ni kako dalje posle smrti svoje supruge. Da bi nastavio dalje, mora da je zakopa, metaforički i fizički. A pre toga mora da odluči gde će je zakopati: tamo gde on misli da je ona bila najsrećnija ili na mestu gde njena seljačka familija koja ga nikad nije prihvatila tradicionalno ukopava svoje članove. Srećom, njen duh je tu da ga vodi.

  Monuments je komedija, uslovno rečeno, zapravo vrlo neprijatan indie road movie, ali iscenirana gotovo cirkuski. I to pali na neočekivane načine, tako da u tome prepoznamo i ponešto od realnosti. Doduše, ponešto i od šablona, ali bez njih se ne može...