Exit Elena

Slant Magazine by

Nathan Silver's film is a quiet and affecting micro-budgeted drama, its condensed frame evoking the claustrophobic feeling of the household it examines.

Village Voice by Calum Marsh

Silver locates the ordinary madness bubbling just beneath the surface of his own life, and flickers of lunacy abound.

The Playlist by Christopher Bell

A layered and hilarious look at the dynamics of family, relationships, and need.

The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis

Using mostly amateur performers and improvised dialogue, Mr. Silver has created a profoundly awkward riff on dysfunction that’s uneventful but not unrewarding.

The Hollywood Reporter by Neil Young

[A] claustrophobically discomfiting but quizzically comic study of social unease and embarrassment.