Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
positive
19(79%)
mixed
4(17%)
negative
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Rarely does a movie come along that captures an aspect of everyday consciousness that has not yet made it onto film.
90
Because of the supremely artful way Shear and Reitz have pitched the story, it reaches into places few films, gay or straight, have gone.
88
One of those small films that will, one hopes, find a larger audience through word of mouth.
80
A darkly intriguing drama that probes the very nature of love and the lasting effects of loss.
80
Such a powerful experience that it is equally effective whether you have figured out from the start where it is headed or whether its denouement comes as a complete surprise.
80
The journey -- long, dark, pungent, and twisted as it is -- is well worth the taking.
80
There's no denying its surreal, hypnotic effect.
80
As technically innovative as it is emotionally unsettling.
80
It gives the audience something serious to ponder. That's rare these days.
80
The story of what happens when everything dies but love. It's a simple story, artfully told.
