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73 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 24
  3. Negative: 1 out of 24
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    100
    Rarely does a movie come along that captures an aspect of everyday consciousness that has not yet made it onto film.
  2. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: David Ehrenstein
    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.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: John Petrakis
    88
    One of those small films that will, one hopes, find a larger audience through word of mouth.
  4. TNT RoughCut
    Reviewed by: J. Rentilly
    80
    The journey -- long, dark, pungent, and twisted as it is -- is well worth the taking.
  5. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    80
    The story of what happens when everything dies but love. It's a simple story, artfully told.
  6. Film.com
    Reviewed by: David D'Arcy
    80
    It gives the audience something serious to ponder. That's rare these days.
  7. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    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.
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  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    80
    As technically innovative as it is emotionally unsettling.
  9. Variety
    Reviewed by: Emanuel Levy
    80
    A darkly intriguing drama that probes the very nature of love and the lasting effects of loss.
  10. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    80
    There's no denying its surreal, hypnotic effect.
  11. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Kimberley Jones
    78
    Leaves you scratching your head a bit, wondering what just happened, and worrying if maybe it could happen to you too.
  12. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    75
    Smart, psychologically complex film is an offbeat and effective tale.
  13. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    75
    Dark, morbidly funny and quite violent movie, which plays with audience members' heads in ways many people will find quite disturbing.
  14. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    75
    An edgy, disturbing drama.
  15. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    75
    It plays like Scorsese's ``After Hours,'' but for higher stakes.
  16. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    75
    A film in which barbs of wit, anger and grief continually prick at you.
  17. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Larry Terenzi
    74
    An ambitious film, nearly an exploitative one, but its lingering effects are positive.
  18. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Amy Taubin
    70
    Derails toward the end, becoming platitudinous, not to mention kitschy, but, given the Cheerios wholesomeness of most gay indies, its grief-stricken delirium is a welcome relief.
  19. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    70
    Much of this fractured drama and dark fantasy takes place inside the mind of Charlie (Futterman),
  20. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    The story evokes a lot of varied emotions, but none runs more than an inch below skin deep.
  21. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Athima Chansanchai
    50
    Designed to shock and rock the viewer with disturbing imagery, the film misses the point once too often.
  22. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Steve Simels
    50
    If this were a more mainstream film with a shot at a wider audience, we'd probably be talking Oscar nominations for Futterman and Ball.
  23. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    42
    At its best when exploring grieving and loss and anger, but Shear turns it into spiritual shock treatment.
  24. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    25
    Quickly degenerates into a grueling piece of unpleasantness.
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