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"Has the good sense to take a large step back from the emotional debate surrounding the issue and scrutinize the history of marriage itself."
Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES
"Whether one is pro or con on the issue of same-sex marriage, Jim de Sève's thought-provoking and timely documentary succeeds in putting the hot-button topic in human, and often heartbreaking, terms."
Robert Dominguez, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
"Makes the case that it is not just societal recognition that same-sex partners lack without the official decree of a marriage — it is the legal rights that married couples share."
Steven Rea, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"Informative documentary about the recent history of efforts to legalize gay marriage, tying these in with the history of marriage as an institution. Packed with information."
David Sterritt, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
"Personalizes the political with two heart-rending real-life cases."
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"Put(s) a poignant human face on the struggle for equal rights."
Carla Meyer, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Documentarian Jim de Sève's cogent pro-gay-marriage argument appeals equally to emotion and reason."
Michael O'Sullivan, WASHINGTON POST
"It may not be the most meticulously crafted documentary in the world, but what TYING THE KNOT lacks in finesse it compensates for in making a heartfelt case for the hot-button topic of same-sex marriage."
Michael Rechtshaffen, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"What gives this lively, incisive and comprehensive documentary its punch is that it sets its survey of the movement's progress and setbacks against accounts of two people who lost their life partners and suffered dire economic consequences."
Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"The director has fashioned a powerful argument that places the fight for legalized gay marriage firmly within the lineage of human-rights struggles."
Sheri Linden, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"An empowering, optimistic experience, humanizing the issue through poignant profiles."
Marc Mohan, OREGONIAN
"Activist filmmaking… but neither strident nor plaintive."
Brent Simon, ENTERTAINMENT TODAY
"A quietly effective exploration of the divisive subject of gay marriage in America."
Mary Brennan, SEATTLE TIMES
"Probably the least controversial "controversial" documentary ever made."
Larry Carroll, FILMSTEW.COM
"Ironic & powerful, delving beneath bluster and bigotry to explain what the institution of marriage really means in the context of today's society."
Susan Granger, WWW.SUSANGRANGER.COM
"Regardless which side of the argument you are on, TYING THE KNOT is worth seeing for its political relevance and the human stories of those caught in the middle."
Jean Lowerison, SAN DIEGO METROPOLITAN
"Its issue is the debate over gay marriage, and director Jim de Sève does an outstanding job of humanizing the issue."
Paul Sherman, BOSTON HERALD
"Sève's absorbing documentary about gay marriage is most persuasive when most specific."
Ella Taylor, L.A. WEEKLY
"Like most hot-button documentaries, its impact is debatable, but filmmaker Jim de Sève makes an effective, an often moving case, for tolerance."
Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
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