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"[Sarah Polley's] script adroitly rearranges Munro's scenes and dialogue when necessary, and fills in the characterizations of Marian and the plucky nurse Kristy in a way that not only makes them plum roles for Olympia Dukakis and Kristen Thompson but deepens the compassion of the drama and brings a novel's expansiveness to Munro's economically told tale without adulterating its texture."
-- Richard Alleva
Source:
Alleva, Richard. "Cheating to be Faithful: 'Away from Her'." Review of Away from Her. Commonweal, June 15, 2007. (p. 22)