Lost and Delirious
Lions Gate Films | Release Date: July 6, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
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Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
8
Negative:
3
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88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
This is a movie for those who sometimes, in the stillness of the sleepless night, are so filled with hope and longing that they feel like -- well, like uttering wild goat cries to the moon. You know who you are. Read full review
80
Mr. ShowbizMichael Atkinson
Never takes off, and much of the time Pool seems lost herself, resorting to clichés, redundancy, and dead-end allegory.
75
Chicago TribuneLoren King
Boldly goes where Hollywood rarely treads: into the passionate, intense and complex world of girls at the point in their lives when self-discovery is tempered by enormous vulnerability.
75
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
Lost and Delirious doesn't need metaphors for the power of strength and healing. All the passion and pain it needs glows ferociously in the eyes of its young women. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
Pool captures the crazed urgency of first love -- the feeling of a passion so fierce that even a disapproving society can't crush it. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Nicely written as well as filmed. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Evokes the intimacies of teenage girls with unusual delicacy, and Perabo's performance is a geyser of emotion. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Sophisticated in that European way and predictable in that Hollywood way. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Perfectly cast, if insufficiently dramatized. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Piper Perabo is a revelation -- and Barton is maturing into a sensitive, subtle performer with a marvelously expressive face. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Blessed with a lovely score and strong acting, but crippled by an awkward, mawkish script. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
Perabo gives a fairly impressive and flashy performance, even when the script descends into melodrama. Read full review
50
New Times (L.A.)Gregory Weinkauf
The movie is beautiful to look at (lensed by Pierre Gill) as are the girls, but it takes its clunky message so seriously that it often verges on silliness. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Will divide audiences between those whose hearts have been tugged into going along with the picture way past common sense and those who find it impossible to accept the film's credibility-defying developments. Read full review
42
Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula Nechak
It has a frenetic, unsettled edginess that chafes against its serene, woodsy, upscale private school setting. Read full review
40
Village VoiceJessica Winter
A startling letdown after (Léa Pool's) plaintive, understated coming-of-age tale "Set Me Free." Read full review
40
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
It works in so many ways except for the script, which sounds laughable. And sadly, when Lost and Delirious trips over its own two feet, it is laughable. It needs to follow Paulie's advice and rage more. Read full review
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Equally earnest and unconvincing. Read full review
30
VarietyDavid Rooney
All the dramatic stops are pulled out as the script goes into serious literary overload. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
Isn't much more than a self-indulgent picture about the feeble delirium of a lovesick girl -- lightweight stuff that labors to seem terribly important. Read full review
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