50
The film's emotional resonance is consistently stifled by excessively gloomy aesthetic and stylistic tics.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
60
The New York Times by Andy Webster
Mr. Klein is well served by his actors, who exude conviction, charisma and palpable ardor.
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Brad Wheeler
The performances are pitch perfect; the soundtrack is evocative; the photography is artful. Nothing is overdone, and nothing is really resolved.
70
What might have seemed pro forma on paper...overcomes its occasionally studied stylistic tics to become a troubled, anguished love story that neither exaggerates nor soft-pedals the demons on display.
50
The Hollywood Reporter by Justin Lowe
Klein conveys his characters’ shifting mental states with expressionistic sequences that are often unevenly framed, shot from behind his subjects or even unfocused. The result can be intentionally disorienting, but not always particularly revealing. By contrast, the performances are far more compelling.
80
Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele
As it plays out, it’s only a hard road for these swept-up, damaged lovers, whom Klein and his actors treat with blessedly non-exploitative honesty.
40
Maslany and Cullen's characters seem intended to be psychologically realistic, but they're only as complex as The Other Half's surface-deep style.
67
When it keeps its aims small and its attention narrow, The Other Half lands on a simple love story that speaks outside its familiar boundaries.
50
RogerEbert.com by Susan Wloszczyna
A somber and derivative relationship drama.