Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Dec 4, 2007 3/5

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 21, 2005 2/5

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Nell Minow Movie Mom Aug 1, 2003 4/5

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Paula Nechak Seattle Post-Intelligencer Apr 3, 2002 C+

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Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Sep 10, 2001 3/5

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Jaime N. Christley Apollo Guide Mar 22, 2001 71/100

Egrossing, entertaining, and thoroughly conventional.

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Leah Beth Reisman Citysearch Jan 1, 2000

While far from terrible, The Tic Code ultimately lacks the sophistication that separates a feature-length film from a TV movie-of-the-week.

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Jay Carr Boston Globe Jan 1, 2000

It's got more genuine-seeming feelings and a more accurate take on its particular corner of the world than a colosseum of summer blockbusters.

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Harvey S. Karten Compuserve Jan 1, 2000 9/10

Delightfully unsentimental, yet uplifting, and while spinning its wholly credible tale gives its audience quite a bit of knowledge and understanding about kids, an unusual disease, and the universe of jazz musicians.

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Pam Grady Reel.com Jan 1, 2000 3/4

This is a film of marvelous performances.

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Bob Graham San Francisco Chronicle Jan 1, 2000 3/4

If it seems to have the ingredients of an after-school special, the performances take it to another level. Gut level.

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Gregory Weinkauf New Times Jan 1, 2000

A cut above most.

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Tom Keogh Film.com Jan 1, 2000

This is the loving accomplishment of The Tic Code, to open a door onto the deepest kind of understanding.

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Maitland McDonagh TV Guide Jan 1, 2000 7/10

An afterschool special in all but name.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Jan 1, 2000 2/4

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Amy Taubin Village Voice Jan 1, 2000

A sympathetic but conventional disease-of-the-week movie.

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John Petrakis Chicago Tribune Jan 1, 2000

The Tic Code works better as a sociological study than as a gripping drama. And during this summer of our discontent, that may be recommendation enough.

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Erik Lundegaard Seattle Times Jan 1, 2000

For me, it's just a little too restrained, with too many false notes.

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Jan 1, 2000 B

The Tic Code is badly lit and at times, awkwardly inspirational, yet there's real feeling in it.

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