Twin Falls Idaho

Boston Globe Jay Carr

Bizarre, shadowy, enticingly eerie...more poetic, more tantalizingly original.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

In its quiet, dark, claustrophobic way, this is one of the best films of the year.

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

A quietly dazzling microcosm that's always just this side of eerie, just that side of tragic.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

A graceful mood piece that is infinitely moving.

Dallas Observer Jean Oppenheimer

A gentle, beautifully realized tale of love and intimacy...It moved me to tears.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

At once emotionally charged and genuinely, disconcertingly surreal...a marvel of subdued, genuine filmmaking.

San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris

Beautiful, wandering little love story that wants to break your heart and probably will.

Miami Herald Curtis Morgan

Never shies from acknowledging the natural fascination with their abnormalities.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

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.

LA Weekly John Patterson

Proves that it's possible for a movie to be reckless and adventurous merely by being sedate, unhurried and contemplative.

The New York Times Janet Maslin

An eerily effective film...Twin Falls Idaho has style, gravity and originality to spare.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Has the gentlest feel of any movie I can remember.

San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack

Pretentious but absorbing.

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

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.

Film.com John Hartl

Best of all is a Halloween party where the Falls are complimented on their "costume," then outed.

TNT RoughCut Morgan Fouch

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.

Washington Post Rita Kempley

Entrancing, uncommonly compassionate film.

Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson

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.

Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy

Some truly memorable moments, but they come early and, as the film wears its way along, become increasingly hard to call to mind.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak

Often as stillborn in pace as it is conceptually compelling.

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

The whole film could use a jolt of caffeine, and a lugubrious woodwind score doesn't help.

Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

If you're in the mood for something strange, this film may please you, twice over.

Variety Todd McCarthy

Lacks narrative push...atmospheric drama that casts a minor but distinctive spell.

TV Guide Ken Fox

A slow and pensive tone, but for all its lyrical pretensions it lacks real poetry.

Baltimore Sun Ann Hornaday

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.

USA Today Mike Clark

This Lynch-ian knockoff is moodily monotonal, but the sameness is wearying.

Village Voice Dennis Lim

Neither as weighty nor as weird as it would like to think.

Film.com Peter Brunette

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.