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6.8 User Score:

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Hilary Brougher

Directed by: Hilary Brougher

Release Date:
Theatrical: April 20, 2007
DVD: September 4, 2007

Running Time: 91 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for disturbing material involving teen pregnancy, sexual content and language

Starring Tilda Swinton, Amber Tamblyn, Timothy Hutton, Denis O'Hare, Melissa Leo, Jim Gaffigan, Halley Feiffer, and Kel O'Neill

This film weaves two parallel journeys into a sublime masterpiece about the absolute nature of truth. (Regent Releasing)

What The Critics Said

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100

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

With a calmness that bespeaks confidence, this small, spellbinding second feature by Hilary Brougher brings together two women, trapped in separate states of denial and distress, who manage to end each other's entrapment.

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91

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

The scary culminating flashback, in which Stephanie gives birth -- in a public restroom, on a high school ski trip -- is a marvel of authentic disturbance.

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90

Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

Brougher has taken material that sounds contrived and potentially exploitative and used her gift for careful observation and restrained emotionality to give it surprising authenticity.

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88

Boston Globe Janice Page

Tamblyn's surprisingly measured performance commands attention.

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88

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Some cases should never come to trial, because no verdict would be adequate. You are likely to be discussing this film long into the night.

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80

LA Weekly Ella Taylor

There is so much to admire and empathize with in Stephanie Daley that it feels almost boorish to quibble about whether the film needs to come packaged as a murder mystery.

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80

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Without standing on a soapbox Stephanie Daley suggests a tragic gender gap between men who judge and women who feel.

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75

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

This is first-rate stuff.

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75

TV Guide Ken Fox

However you feel about her character and what she may or may not have done, Tamblyn's portrayal of Stephanie Daley is softly devastating.

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75

Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer

Braugher perhaps overvalues the parallels between Stephanie and Lydie. The scenario is too schematic and diminishes the power of each woman's story. She frames the drama as a cross between a whodunit and a whydunit, and neither strategy is entirely successful.

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75

USA Today Claudia Puig

The film itself is dark and chilling, if occasionally plodding, but worth seeing for the absorbing potency of its main performances.

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75

Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

A stark, painful drama about pregnancy--a subject rarely treated this fully, candidly or tragically.

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75

San Francisco Examiner Walter Addiego

This is grim material, but director Hilary Brougher -- working from her own script that won a Sundance award -- examines the lives of these two suffering women without sensationalism or preaching.

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75

Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell

It is provocative, smartly made and truly independent.

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70

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

Apart from Swinton's fine performance, what largely distinguishes this is Brougher's sharp narrative focus.

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70

Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir

Despite an overly abrupt and oblique conclusion, this is a major American film, announcing the arrival of an independent director who deserves all the hype.

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70

Variety Scott Foundas

A taut, provocative, sometimes overreaching but always absorbing thriller.

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60

Village Voice Ed Gonzalez

Writer-director Hilary Brougher knows how to rub it in, but Tamblyn is fearless in her attempt to save the narrative from falling into clichéd sermonizing.

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60

The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

A muted psychological mystery where filmmaker Hilary Brougher's interest in "solving" a possible crime is superseded by her investigation into matters involving denial, free will and the physical and emotional burdens of pregnancy.

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50

New York Post Kyle Smith

The movie amounts to an extended short story that progresses slowly and fades away with key questions unanswered. Ambiguity isn't necessarily interesting.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 6.8 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Michael L. gave it a4:
I really wanted to like this film. It started out promisingly, but quickly devolved into a big bore. That said, I'm male, and will never experience pregnancy first-hand; I hate to say it, but maybe it IS a "female thing"... 2 hrs. of pregnancy angst is a bit much for this guy. Great performances, timely and important plot--but a lackluster script. Maybe less footage of Lydie peeing and more principle character interaction? And God, zero development of secondary characters. I have no idea who Lydie's husband was, or who Stephanie's parents were. Sadly, "Satin", to me, was the most interesting character in the film, and who knows her story? She was tossed in, then discarded like a bay leaf in chicken soup.

Marc K. gave it an8:
It's rarely a disappointment if a movie has Tilda Swinton, but Amber Tamblyn shows off surprisingly great acting chops. Her performance deserves a Supporting Actress Oscar nomination at the very least, but since the film has been so little-seen, I won't be holding my breath.

Ken G gave it a4:
Slow, flat dispassionate movie, that is relying much to much on its explosive premise to carry it. Considering that premise, there is a real lack of edge, tension, and electricity here. Plus, both actresses seem to be sleep-walking through their roles.

David O gave it a0:
I kept looking at my watch at least every five minutes during this movie. It was so boring. I would have left if I'd had a ride. The characters were all so passive and cowlike that there was no one to care about. [***SPOILER***]The big climax is that the girl is drinking a glass of water and it breaks and cuts her hand. And the climax of the other plotline is that somebody else admits throwing something out of a car window. BFD. This was basically an NPR narrative, not a movie. All the characters were constantly fondling cats. Or looking in the cat box. This should have been a documentary about toxoplasmosis.

Kevin gave it a7:
This is the kind of movie that makes you appreciate really good filmmaking. I can see how women might live wallowing in the rich emotional mess of this movie, but as a man, the plot holes, cliches, and tugging at the heartstrings kept taking me out of the movie. It was also shot in such extreme closeup all the time that I thought I was watching a pan-and-scan version on TV instead of a film on a big screen. It could have been so much better.

Lei L. gave it a10:
I don't think I breathed for 90 minutes. Hardcore and thought-provoking, with phenomenal acting.

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