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Canvas

They're not crazy... they're family...

2006 · 1h 41m · PG-13 Drama
Directed by Joseph Greco

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A woman's schizophrenia affects her relationships with her husband and son.

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Fresh

Though Canvas may not deviate much from the formula followed by so many other movies about families imperiled by health crises, it's unusually perceptive about the ways that loved ones process (or fail to process) the resulting stress.

Jason Anderson, Toronto Star
Rotten

It's like a public service announcement with dialogue.

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Rotten

A pair of well-shaded performances by Joe Pantoliano and Marcia Gay Harden dignifies a sincere but innocuous look at a blue-collar husband's struggle with his wife's schizophrenia.

Stephen Garrett, Time Out New York
Fresh

Writer-director Joseph Greco makes a nice feature-film debut telling a true, disturbing story about a 10-year-old boy struggling to cope with a schizophrenic mother.

Rex Reed, New York Observer
Fresh

Canvas is worth seeing for the acting, but the disease-of-the-week conventions and hackneyed visuals pretty well knock the wind out of its sails.

Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic

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