14
Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 40Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThis premise is ripe with possibilities, but in an apparent -- and definitely misguided -- attempt to make his movie more commercial, Wilkinson has made the younger brother a murderer on the run.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceWriter-director Mark Wilkinson gracefully elides backstories while arranging his converging narratives into a neat fugue, but the overall preciousness of his conception is suffocating.
- 30TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghUnfortunately, the mystery isn't mysterious and the characters are caricatures; the wintery New England landscape is the most striking thing about the film, but it's not interesting enough to justify watching it for 100 minutes.
- 30L.A. WeeklyMark OlsenL.A. WeeklyMark OlsenA disappointing hodgepodge that fails to tie up its conflicting strands of family drama and suspense thriller.
- 25New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannThe promising tension between Gypsy and the arrogant Lucian never amounts to much, and the climax is comically melodramatic.
- 10The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensThe story is so crowded with incident and implication as to be both nonsensical and impossible to act, so the actors, when they are not bursting into fits of temper, smile mysteriously.
- 0New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsThe only good thing about this on-the-fly, low-budget quickie is its Cape Cod setting and the in-focus cinematography of Ernst Kubitza. Very pretty. Otherwise, it is a speechifying bore.