- Studio: Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
- Release Date: Aug 13, 2004
- Starring: Laura Dern, Mark Ruffalo, Naomi Watts, Peter Krause
- Summary: Two couples must sift through the layers of betrayal and self-deception to face their marriages, each other, and ultimately, themselves. (Warner Independent Pictures)
- Director: John Curran
- Genre(s): Drama, Romance
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 23 out of 37
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Mixed: 14 out of 37
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Negative: 0 out of 37
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100The film is at times harrowing to watch, yet it's also wry and delicate and absorbing. It's infused with the messy excitement of imperfect passion.
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80A sense of unease, of incompleteness, is, I think, the appropriate response to this movie. Instead of trying to fill in the blanks, Curran and Gross leave things open and ambiguous. Just like life.
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Director John Curran has masterfully managed to convey flesh and blood within the permutations of the sometimes clinical story. Enhancing the people-next-door nature of this saga were the film's smart technical contributions.
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60Though the violence in this film never becomes physical, the psychic wounds these people inflict on one another cut so deeply you wish it would. It's a grueling experience.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 13
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Mixed: 3 out of 13
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Negative: 4 out of 13
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