38
There's less here than meets the eye, not to mention the ear, nose, tongue and fingertip.
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30
It's all quite precious, just not in a good way: "Postmodern" to a fault, deeply shallow, infuriatingly trite.
40
Dallas Observer by Gregory Weinkauf
Don't expect to be wowed by a vast spectrum of delicacies, as the buffet here is composed of entirely obvious ingredients.
63
New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
Most of the film is so purposefully bound by its construct that it feels more like a creative-writing project (sure, give it an A) than a movie (B-).
75
A deft, elegant, melancholy tapestry of flawed outreach, and the big reason it succeeds is Podeswa's courage in dispensing with a lot of exposition and trusting the audience - and the faces of the actors - to fill a lot of what otherwise would be gaps.
38
New York Post by Jonathan Foreman
Fake-sounding dialogue, some over-deliberate performances and five amazingly trite linked stories.
30
Village Voice by Michael Atkinson
Beautifully shot and littered with disquieting character business, the film is hog-tied by its own bad Big Idea.
83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Paula Nechak
If you can forgive some plot artifice and gloss, there's a seductively intuitive and resonant theme resting at the core of Jeremy Podeswa's haunting new film.
83
Portland Oregonian by Shawn Levy
It's a lovely film that suffers from an overdetermined structure and a reliance on a sensationalized plot line that, quixotically, is ignored for long periods of time.
100
Washington Post by Stephen Hunter
A brilliant film--vivid, haunting, intelligent and in good taste, wonderfully acted, wonderfully written and directed.