One
Shooting Gallery | Release Date: October 13, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
4
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
If you care about the best kind of independent filmmaking, if you want the option of experiencing artistic films when you go to the movies, missing out on One is not an option. When a film like this appears, attention should be paid. Read full review
80
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
Barbieri is a natural filmmaker, with an eye for film space and a gift for pacing. Both of his leads are wonderful, but it's Picoy who will break your heart. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Once in a while, a little reality can be a welcome antidote to our increasingly outsized film fantasies. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
A spare, internally emotional movie like One requires something called screen presence. Its two leads have it. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Visceral and strong. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
This restrained drama of lifelong friends drifting in separate directions is a quietly rich and resonant portrait of disconnection. Read full review
70
Film.comHenry Cabot Beck
A very ambitious film that goes places few films have dared. Read full review
70
Film.comJohn Hartl
A movie that keeps you wondering about its characters' true feelings and motives long after you've left the theater. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
A moody, beautifully acted character piece. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAmy Taubin
Even more than the subtlety of the writing and acting, it's this sophisticated and emotionally potent visual strategy that suggests Barbieri's promise as a filmmaker and lifts One above the low-budget indie heap. Read full review
60
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
Too much of a study in formalism to register deeply on an emotional level. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleRussell Smith
All in all, this is perhaps one of those films you applaud more for design than execution while hoping at the same time that its boundary-testing restlessness becomes more widely influential. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerDesmond Ryan
A worthy subject is poorly executed. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunMary Carole McCauley
Has the fingerprints of earnest, first-time filmmakers all over it. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The film's spareness and lack of words seem affected and ultimately unrealistic. At such moments, its refusal to put things into words and its crushing sense of gloom turn self-defeating. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
A rare dud in the Shooting Gallery series. Read full review
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