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Pure
Directed by
Jim Donovan
2005
Drama
5.9
74%
59%
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A street-savvy teen tries to turn her life around but soon goes back to her old ways.
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Cast of Pure
Laura Jordan
Misha
Gianpaolo Venuta
Josh
Robert Crooks
Ricky
Tim Rozon
Sam
Randy Thomas
Mark Rozon
Rachelle Lefevre
Julie
Karen Simpson
Angie
Abeille Gélinas
Sabrina
Romano Orzari
Jack's Father
Michel Perron
MC Misha Club
Bobo Vian
Gyspy
Brian D. Wright
Rossy - Guard
Jonah Wexler
Frankie
Giancarlo Caltabiano
Jamie
Dino Valiotis
University Teller
Michael Dozier
Bank Manager
Brad Jipa
Josh (10 years old)
Cristina Rosato
Nicole
Carinne Leduc
Bartender
Millie Tresierra
Salesgirl
Scott Faulconbridge
Gas Station Manager
André Nicholas Malouf
Shopper in flower shop
Laura Mitchell
Josh's mom
Pure Reviews
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Eden, who holds the film together by his winning presence and doughty performance, effectively conveys the effect of severe challenges that no child should ever have to face.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
Although there is nothing really new here, an honest sense of humanity wins out.
Denver Post
Michael Booth
Parker and Harry Eden, the boy who plays her precocious-by-necessity son, elevate Pure from a tedious cautionary tale to a wrenching drama.
Filmcritic.com
Jules Brenner
derivative ... we've seen better
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirschling
Director Gillies MacKinnon (Hideous Kinky) forges a very wrenching and believable bond between Parker and Eden.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Molly Parker is an extraordinary actress of the ordinary.
EricDSnider.com
Eric D. Snider
It is so well-acted that it deserves admiration, but some of its pedestrian plot elements drag it down toward mediocrity.
Oregonian
Marc Mohan
There are latchkey kids, and then there's Paul, the 10-year-old hero (there's no other word for it) of Gillies MacKinnon's powerful drama Pure.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
Though compellingly acted, Pure's spit and polished kitchen-sink realism exudes a disconcertingly cheery affection for the lives of its characters.
E! Online
E! Staff
In an award-worthy performance, [Eden] possesses the screen with ease and steals the entire film.
Arizona Daily Star
Phil Villarreal
You kinda wish something, anything good would happen to the kid. Maybe someone could get him some ice cream.
AboutFilm.com
Carlo Cavagna
PURE offers a fascinating contrast between acting talent (Molly Parker) and star quality (Kiera Knightley).
Reel.com
Timothy Knight
A decent but ultimately unmemorable film.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
It's a good film that really knows its subject.
L.A. Weekly
Ella Taylor
Pure is made in the fine old miserabilist tradition of Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, but MacKinnon has a rare way with children and a poetic eye for even the drabbest inner-city habitats.
Variety
David Stratton
The film belongs to Eden, who creates a winning personality out of a combination of vulnerability, resourcefulness, toughness and fragility. It's an outstanding juvenile performance.
Boxoffice Magazine
Kevin Courrier
Kitchen-sink realism with far too much drama going down the drain.
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
First and foremost a family drama rather than a wallow in drug-scare conventions
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