88
Has extraordinary depth and insight about the limitations and follies of human beings.
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80
Beautifully acted film remains deeply intelligent and always fascinating.
50
San Francisco Chronicle by Edward Guthmann
Nossiter's premise is good, and he intrigues us with stylish conceits, but he makes a crucial casting error. Alec ought to be someone we care about.
40
Less would have been more, and this film is sabotaged by its maker's unchecked pretension.
70
New Times (L.A.) by Gregory Weinkauf
This is a sensitive, thinking person's movie with a lot on its mind.
38
New York Post by Jonathan Foreman
Smug, often tedious, and comically crude.
50
Village Voice by Michael Atkinson
Pretension looms, and for many the web of symbolism will be too thick. But Rampling, to her credit, helps hold the nuthouse together.
75
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
Jonathan Nossiter's second feature (after the intricate and haunting ''Sunday'') strikes unnerving chords of mystery and dismay as it fuses the sinister, jump cut dislocations of a metaphysical thriller like ''Don't Look Now'' with a pain soaked meditation on love, guilt, marriage, and adultery.
75
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
As a drama about the ravages of mental illness, the movie works; too bad most of the critics read it only as a romantic soap opera in which the hero is an obsessive sap. They read the signs but miss the diagnosis.
63
Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea
Skarsgard's performance is bold and raw (and reminiscent of vintage Jack Lemmon in its earnestness).