Kira's Reason: A Love Story(En kærlighedshistorie)

Variety by Eddie Cockrell

It often resembles John Cassavetes' "A Woman Under the Influence," but just as often devolves into a series of bravura acting exercises strung together by an increasingly sketchy narrative theme.

New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman

Never quite knows where it's going - which is especially frustrating, since it takes such a long and painful path to get there.

Village Voice by Laura Sinagra

Another in a line of Dogme half-wits whose madness is posited as a state of tortured grace, the young wife in Kira's Reason is a woman well past the verge.

New York Post by Lou Lumenick

Stengarde gives an arresting performance as a mentally unstable woman.

TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh

An unvarnished look at the emotional havoc that ensues when middle-class housewife Kira (Stine Stengade) returns home after a lengthy stay in a mental hospital, anchored by devastating performances.

The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias

Until its pat, implausible conclusion, the film has the edgy nerve of a classic amour fou, charting a complex relationship with the sort of bumpy, unpredictable spirit that would do Cassavetes proud.

The New York Times by Stephen Holden

A disturbing, somewhat repellent portrait of a depressed middle-class woman's struggle to live comfortably in the world.