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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThis is a beautifully acted chamber piece --especially by the magnificent Blake, who is married to Norris in real life.
- 78Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenThe originality of Innocence makes it stand apart from the romantic pack.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleRemarkable in several big ways.
- 75USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkNo situation could be more human, and it's one the youth-dominated film industry rarely touches.
- 70New Times (L.A.)Bill GalloNew Times (L.A.)Bill GalloPaul Cox's admirers are sure to embrace this latest eruption of sincerity and sensitivity.
- 70TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghA beautifully acted, intensely felt story.
- 63New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardIt's reassuring to see love and sex in one's 70s depicted as fully replenishing. At the same time, it's sobering to think that it's no easier in the twilight of life to make rational decisions regarding the heart.
- 63Miami HeraldMarta BarberMiami HeraldMarta BarberInnocence is a gentle love story, one that touches on an issue of great sensitivity -- sexuality in old age.
- 60The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottMostly mediocre melodrama, though the actors suffering over love's labors lost are quite fine.
- 40Chicago ReaderRonnie ScheibChicago ReaderRonnie ScheibIt's all so overdetermined -- each encounter of the present-day lovers mirrors some moment from the long-ago day when they parted -- that it reduces their whole affair to a matter of last-minute revisionism.