A Slipping-Down Life
Lions Gate Films | Release Date: May 14, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
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Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
15
Negative:
6
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38
USA TodayClaudia Puig
A sluggish, tedious film about lost souls living dead-end lives in a dead-end town. Their actions often defy rationality. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
I have not read the Anne Tyler novella from which the movie is adapted, but it is clear from the earliest scenes that Evie and Drumstrings are of a different generation from 37-year-old Taylor and 36-year-old Pearce. Read full review
38
New York PostMegan Lehmann
Kalem's grasp of dramatic storytelling is no firmer, and the disorderly film merely chases its tail for the second half, going nowhere fast. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
The director deserves admiration for sticking to her guns, but here's a heretical notion: Maybe the producer's cut would have been a better movie. This version may be too late, but it's also too little, and that's what hurts. Read full review
30
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
As a whole, the film is a perplexing, dark and brooding exercise, which only makes its inappropriately cheery ending feel all the more slight. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
Released in theaters five years after its 1999 Sundance Film Festival premiere, Kalem's film is too precious, too self-conscious and far too enamored with itself to ever have any kind of genuine emotional truth. Read full review
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