Scalene
Along The Tracks | Release Date: January 20, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
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Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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90
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJan 19, 2012
While occasionally unpleasant, the film never crosses the line from bearably chilling to unbearably gruesome, keeping its characters credible and its events explicable. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMichelle OrangeJan 17, 2012
Although Scalene slows to a drip in places, strong performances and a Hitchcock-trained eye build unnerving tension into its depiction of the intimate stress of caring for an invalid and the ways people might or might not crack under it. Read full review
50
VarietyRonnie ScheibJan 19, 2012
Carefully crafted and impressively thesped, particularly by Margo Martindale, Zack Parker's ambitious, self-styled thriller channels a wide spectrum of high-concept classics, from "Rashomon" to "Memento." But the resolution of its conflicting truths proves so bizarre and idiotically off-the-wall that it mitigates all that precedes it. Read full review
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Slant MagazineCalum MarshJan 18, 2012
More concerned with the novelty of its three-act, "three-perspective" structure than with how that structure actually functions (hint: poorly), Scalene epitomizes the pitfalls of the Memento-copping trend, its strained conceptual ingenuity an exercise in aid of nothing. Read full review
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