79
Metascore
12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinNot enough happens in it. And yet everything happens in it.
- A lovely piece of movie making: precisely controlled but with a lived-in scruffiness.
- 90VarietyVarietyA feature debut that packs a knockout punch.
- 90The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottPraise will stick with you. It's more than worthy of its title.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanHeavier on mood than incident, but its vision of a doomed erotic power war has a lurching authenticity.
- 80Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanProjects a confessional frankness about human relationships that has the messy feel of truth.
- 80L.A. WeeklyManohla DargisL.A. WeeklyManohla DargisA surprisingly affecting mood piece.
- 70TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTheir doomed fling is oddly hypnotic and ultimately haunting.
- 63New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanUnrelentingly, admirably committed to its own grimness.
- 63New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanThe film's earthy frankness is refreshing.