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Walk Away Renee lets us observe a mother-son bond, but Mr. Caouette hasn't found a way to galvanize this incarnation of material for strangers.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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Slant Magazine by Diego Semerene
It's Jonathan Caouette's insistence in going back to his nightmarish old footage, or the old footage that he purposefully renders nightmarish, that seems more interesting.
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The way forward, both in Caouette's real-life situation and his development as an artist, remains unclear, yet that frustration makes it to the screen, in spiky waves that signal a vital personal quest.
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Ultimately, "Renee" feels less like a walk away than a retread.
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The extra money has bought a professional crew for scripted sequences, in which Jonathan and his mother too often mug for the camera.