Keep the Lights On
Music Box Films | Release Date: September 7, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
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22
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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60
EmpireWilliam ThomasOct 29, 2012
While not quite on a par with Andrew Haigh's "Weekend," this is still an undeniably powerful piece of filmmaking. Read full review
60
Total FilmTom DawsonOct 27, 2012
Keep The Lights On feels lopsided in its focus on Erik, with Paul remaining a strangely remote object of the former's romantic devotion. Read full review
50
Washington PostAnn HornadaySep 21, 2012
Never lets viewers fully inside Erik and Paul's world, a reticence that isn't helped by the actors' fey, restrained-to-a-fault performances. That and a frustratingly episodic structure make what might have been a raw and inspiring portrait of commitment and boundaries a surprisingly uninvolving, arms-length enterprise. Keep the Lights On lets go just when it should be holding you tighter. Read full review
40
The New YorkerDavid DenbySep 4, 2012
The two characters are ciphers, and the script, which Sachs co-wrote with Mauricio Zacharias, is by turns underwritten or banal. Read full review
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