Praise
Strand Releasing | Release Date: June 23, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
SlateDavid Edelstein
Not enough happens in it. And yet everything happens in it. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesDavid Chute
A lovely piece of movie making: precisely controlled but with a lived-in scruffiness. Read full review
90
VarietyLeonard Klady
A feature debut that packs a knockout punch. Read full review
90
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Praise will stick with you. It's more than worthy of its title. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Heavier on mood than incident, but its vision of a doomed erotic power war has a lurching authenticity. Read full review
80
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Projects a confessional frankness about human relationships that has the messy feel of truth. Read full review
80
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
A surprisingly affecting mood piece. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
Achieves a rare interweaving of the darkly poetical and raspy, cockeyed comedy. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Their doomed fling is oddly hypnotic and ultimately haunting. Read full review
70
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
Praise will get under your skin. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Unrelentingly, admirably committed to its own grimness. Read full review
63
New York PostJonathan Foreman
The film's earthy frankness is refreshing.
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