28 Hotel Rooms
Oscilloscope Pictures | Release Date: November 9, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critics
Positive:
2
Mixed:
6
Negative:
2
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83
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayNov 14, 2012
In its own small way, by documenting the petty panic of two people who want to be together but are otherwise entangled, 28 Hotel Rooms is often masterful. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinNov 8, 2012
Despite the familiar setup, this is no "Same Time, Next Year," what with its hot-sheets trysts, full-frontal flashes and frank language. But the brief - sometimes very brief - encounters glimpsed here between the film's leads and sole characters (billed only as "Man" and "Woman") are inventive and telling. Read full review
60
Time OutEric HynesNov 13, 2012
Messina and Ireland thrive under that gaze, and dismaying affectations aside-the characters go needlessly unnamed - the movie articulates the enduring allure of a love defined, and heightened, by restrictions. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianMarc MohanDec 6, 2012
The movie's conceit grows a bit stale even with a short running time, and ultimately the whole thing feels more like an acting workshop than a full-fledged human story. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen HoldenNov 16, 2012
At the very least 28 Hotel Rooms, the first feature written and directed by Matt Ross, is an impressively executed acting exercise for Chris Messina and Marin Ireland. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNov 15, 2012
While Messina and Ireland are fine company, writer-director Matt Ross' conceit tires you out. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMichael NordineNov 6, 2012
Not showing us every aspect of their lives is a fine, even novel, approach, but merely telling us about them instead feels like a fruitless middle ground. Read full review
40
VarietyRobert KoehlerNov 6, 2012
Lacking much dramatic or intellectual stimulation, it's ultimately a limp effort. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChuck BowenNov 6, 2012
We're supposed to take their self-pity at face value, an impression that's emphasized by a grinding monotonous humorlessness. Read full review
25
The PlaylistGabe ToroNov 8, 2012
You wonder if Hollywood is trying to make a point: sex is joyless, and best experienced by recognizable, and recognizably obnoxious people. Read full review
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