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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoLevy's innovative movie should appeal to mumblecore fans while perplexing mainstream audiences.
- 33The A.V. ClubThe A.V. ClubInfuriatingly navel-gazing and insubstantial.
- 30The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe real problem here, though, is that noting the it's-all-about-me nature of modern life already feels like a point that no longer needs making. Yeah, we're self-absorbed and shallow; so what else is new?
- 30Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleThough the title hints at a tale of infatuation, Levy sheds little light on interpersonal conflict or why we're such an addictively self-documenting modern society.
- 20Time OutNick SchagerTime OutNick SchagerSelf-aware narcissism has rarely been this unjustified-or insufferable.
- 20Village VoiceNick PinkertonVillage VoiceNick PinkertonIt is part of the film's premise that the movies are only a pretext to serve personal needs. Given how little the murky finished product offers an outside audience, this comes across all too convincingly.
- 20VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibTedious enough to serve as a cautionary example of the pitfalls of DIY filmmaking.
- 12Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerDavid Guy Levy's movie foregrounds the potential ugliness of modern technology in order to comment on it. But that doesn't make the film's visuals any less hideous.
- "Just to document yourself being bored is very boring," Enci says at one point. It's one moment of fiction here that rings all too true.
- For more experienced viewers, the tired terrain is badly shot and haphazardly assembled into an audience-testing feature that appears to have no idea how unlikable or unprovocative it is.