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Twin Falls Idaho
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71 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    In its quiet, dark, claustrophobic way, this is one of the best films of the year.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    100
    Bizarre, shadowy, enticingly eerie...more poetic, more tantalizingly original.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    91
    A quietly dazzling microcosm that's always just this side of eerie, just that side of tragic.
  4. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Jean Oppenheimer
    90
    A gentle, beautifully realized tale of love and intimacy...It moved me to tears.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    90
    A graceful mood piece that is infinitely moving.
  6. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    89
    At once emotionally charged and genuinely, disconcertingly surreal...a marvel of subdued, genuine filmmaking.
  7. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Curtis Morgan
    88
    Never shies from acknowledging the natural fascination with their abnormalities.
  8. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    88
    Although the pervading mood of Twin Falls Idaho - a beautifully shot, noirish thing - is one of sadness and loss, the Polishes' film is playful, too.
  9. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    88
    Beautiful, wandering little love story that wants to break your heart and probably will.
  10. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: John Patterson
    80
    Proves that it's possible for a movie to be reckless and adventurous merely by being sedate, unhurried and contemplative.
  11. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Janet Maslin
    80
    An eerily effective film...Twin Falls Idaho has style, gravity and originality to spare.
  12. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    75
    Has the gentlest feel of any movie I can remember.
  13. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Stack
    75
    Pretentious but absorbing.
  14. Film.com
    Reviewed by: John Hartl
    70
    Best of all is a Halloween party where the Falls are complimented on their "costume," then outed.
  15. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Rita Kempley
    70
    Entrancing, uncommonly compassionate film.
  16. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    70
    With its persuasive special effects, gentle pace, and more expressionistic than surreal production design, this serious yet far from ponderous drama is something of a marvel.
  17. TNT RoughCut
    Reviewed by: Morgan Fouch
    70
    Though Twin Falls Idaho fascinatingly uncovers the complexities of conjoined twins, it is more about any sibling relationship where one feels simultaneously burdened and uplifted by the other.
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  18. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    67
    It is only once the movie has exhausted its roster of "weird" notions and contrived images that it finds its emotional footing, leaving you with one half of a lovely, woebegone film.
  19. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    67
    Some truly memorable moments, but they come early and, as the film wears its way along, become increasingly hard to call to mind.
  20. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Paula Nechak
    67
    Often as stillborn in pace as it is conceptually compelling.
  21. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    63
    If you're in the mood for something strange, this film may please you, twice over.
  22. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    63
    The whole film could use a jolt of caffeine, and a lugubrious woodwind score doesn't help.
  23. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    60
    Lacks narrative push...atmospheric drama that casts a minor but distinctive spell.
  24. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    50
    This Lynch-ian knockoff is moodily monotonal, but the sameness is wearying.
  25. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    50
    Surprisingly formulaic. So many scenes seem lifted from a 1950s melodrama, from Blake and Francis' repentent mother (Leslie Ann Warren) to the film's tearjerker of a final scene.
  26. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    50
    A slow and pensive tone, but for all its lyrical pretensions it lacks real poetry.
  27. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Dennis Lim
    50
    Neither as weighty nor as weird as it would like to think.
  28. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Peter Brunette
    50
    While the film's mood is dreamy, dark, and gentle, it's also very slow and seldom leads to much of a intellectual or emotional payoff.
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