The impish Wood is a little light as Sean, who's inextricably bound by same family ties that robbed him of a promising future and made him a fugitive from the only life he's even known, but the supporting cast is top-notch.
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VarietyScott Foundas
VarietyScott Foundas
Burns' films are invariably better directed and scripted than they are performed, and Ash Wednesday is no exception. Pic's biggest drawback is that the helmer has again cast himself in the leading role.
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New York PostLou Lumenick
New York PostLou Lumenick
Ambitious, guilt-suffused melodrama crippled by poor casting.
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Village VoiceLaura Sinagra
Village VoiceLaura Sinagra
Russell Fine's kinetic camerawork outperforms the plot.
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New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
We wish other directors would keep Edward Burns busy acting so he wouldn't have time to make his own movies. This is his fourth since "The Brothers McMullen" and they get more tedious each time out.