Urbania

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

Rarely does a movie come along that captures an aspect of everyday consciousness that has not yet made it onto film.

Dallas Observer David Ehrenstein

Because of the supremely artful way Shear and Reitz have pitched the story, it reaches into places few films, gay or straight, have gone.

Chicago Tribune John Petrakis

One of those small films that will, one hopes, find a larger audience through word of mouth.

The New York Times Stephen Holden

As technically innovative as it is emotionally unsettling.

Film.com David D'Arcy

It gives the audience something serious to ponder. That's rare these days.

Variety Emanuel Levy

A darkly intriguing drama that probes the very nature of love and the lasting effects of loss.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

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.

TNT RoughCut J. Rentilly

The journey -- long, dark, pungent, and twisted as it is -- is well worth the taking.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

There's no denying its surreal, hypnotic effect.

LA Weekly Ernest Hardy

The story of what happens when everything dies but love. It's a simple story, artfully told.

Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones

Leaves you scratching your head a bit, wondering what just happened, and worrying if maybe it could happen to you too.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

An edgy, disturbing drama.

Boston Globe Jay Carr

It plays like Scorsese's ``After Hours,'' but for higher stakes.

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

Smart, psychologically complex film is an offbeat and effective tale.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Dark, morbidly funny and quite violent movie, which plays with audience members' heads in ways many people will find quite disturbing.

Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy

A film in which barbs of wit, anger and grief continually prick at you.

Mr. Showbiz Larry Terenzi

An ambitious film, nearly an exploitative one, but its lingering effects are positive.

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

Much of this fractured drama and dark fantasy takes place inside the mind of Charlie (Futterman),

Village Voice Amy Taubin

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.

Baltimore Sun Athima Chansanchai

Designed to shock and rock the viewer with disturbing imagery, the film misses the point once too often.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

The story evokes a lot of varied emotions, but none runs more than an inch below skin deep.

TV Guide Steve Simels

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.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

At its best when exploring grieving and loss and anger, but Shear turns it into spiritual shock treatment.

San Francisco Examiner G. Allen Johnson

Quickly degenerates into a grueling piece of unpleasantness.