Rain
Fireworks Pictures | Release Date: April 26, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
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Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
As it moves from the drizzly to the overly stormy, Rain freights a young girl's self-destructive eagerness to lose her virginity with so much danger and even horror that it's as if the events were trying to make up for the film's previous lack of drama. Read full review
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New Times (L.A.)Gregory Weinkauf
Heavy with mood and Finn's fine music, Jeffs' debut feature merely moistens us when we should be soaked. Maybe next time she'll let it all come down.
50
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
Sexual curiosity is a very dangerous thing in Rain, a dazzling mood piece from New Zealand filmmaker Christine Jeffs. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Rain lays so much portent on every scene that it becomes ungenerous and morally forbidding, as if each bummed cigarette or leisurely cocktail will lead the family that much closer to oblivion. In this case, the punishment is far greater than the crime. Read full review
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