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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterA brilliant film--vivid, haunting, intelligent and in good taste, wonderfully acted, wonderfully written and directed.
- 83Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakSeattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakIf you can forgive some plot artifice and gloss, there's a seductively intuitive and resonant theme resting at the core of Jeremy Podeswa's haunting new film.
- 83Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyIt's a lovely film that suffers from an overdetermined structure and a reliance on a sensationalized plot line that, quixotically, is ignored for long periods of time.
- 75Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrA deft, elegant, melancholy tapestry of flawed outreach, and the big reason it succeeds is Podeswa's courage in dispensing with a lot of exposition and trusting the audience - and the faces of the actors - to fill a lot of what otherwise would be gaps.
- 63New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsMost of the film is so purposefully bound by its construct that it feels more like a creative-writing project (sure, give it an A) than a movie (B-).
- 40Dallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufDallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufDon't expect to be wowed by a vast spectrum of delicacies, as the buffet here is composed of entirely obvious ingredients.
- 38Baltimore SunAnn HornadayBaltimore SunAnn HornadayThere's less here than meets the eye, not to mention the ear, nose, tongue and fingertip.
- 38New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanFake-sounding dialogue, some over-deliberate performances and five amazingly trite linked stories.
- 30Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonBeautifully shot and littered with disquieting character business, the film is hog-tied by its own bad Big Idea.
- 30Film.comGemma FilesFilm.comGemma FilesIt's all quite precious, just not in a good way: "Postmodern" to a fault, deeply shallow, infuriatingly trite.