Some Velvet Morning
Tribeca Film | Release Date: December 13, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
5
Negative:
3
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91
The PlaylistGabe ToroNov 5, 2013
LaBute has consistently made intriguing, often idiosyncratic films in his career, but he hasn't made anything this unsettling and unforgettable in a very long time. Read full review
85
Film.comJordan HoffmanNov 5, 2013
Some Velvet Morning is a horror film with no blood, with words the only weapon for 98% of the picture. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriDec 19, 2013
This smallest of films marks a welcome return to the world of interpersonal miniature for the writer-director. Read full review
80
EmpireWilliam GossDec 19, 2013
Like LaBute's best work, this tense drama is not for all tastes, but anyone game to watch two effortlessly volatile and vulnerable performers trade barbs for 83 minutes ought to give this due consideration. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesMary HoulihanDec 19, 2013
Tucci and Eve play well off each other, especially when they are slinging ugly revelations back and forth. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireDec 13, 2013
The absolute ending of Some Velvet Morning is a stunner, one that is sure to irk and awe viewers in equal measure (I’m in the latter camp). LaBute may not be saying anything novel about constricting gender roles and the cynical ways in which we sell ourselves out, but he is saying it in his signature, provocative style. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzDec 13, 2013
Tucci and Eve command the screen throughout, shifting tone and intensity as they go. It’s fascinating. So is the film, well worth watching and arguing over. Which, in LaBute’s hands, is doubtless the point. Read full review
70
Village VoiceChuck WilsonDec 10, 2013
Tucci and the English-born Eve make a riveting team, and although the film's final twist undercuts all that has come before, Some Velvet Morning is provocation of the most artful kind. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloDec 11, 2013
LaBute has always been fond of the last-second rug-pull that re-contextualizes everything, but Some Velvet Morning’s climactic revelation is distinct from those of his previous films in a specific, intriguing way, one that trades brutality for something more poignant. If only the journey to that destination were a bit more flavorful. Read full review
60
NPRElla TaylorDec 18, 2013
Like most of LaBute's work, Some Velvet Morning ends as it begins, more clever than wise. Read full review
60
The DissolveNoel MurrayDec 9, 2013
Some Velvet Morning is absorbing and enraging, sure to spark debate both about its meaning and its method. More importantly, it’s a phenomenal performance piece, with LaBute capturing the incredible gifts of two masters of pretense. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedDec 16, 2013
If you’re patience doesn’t wear out, the movie culminates in that clever shock ending that not only explains everything but gives what you’ve just seen a rewarding jolt. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisDec 12, 2013
While there’s much to admire in how Mr. Tucci and Ms. Eve perform Mr. LaBute’s artful, apocalyptic duet, this is one seriously out-of-date tune. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierDec 12, 2013
As an acting symposium, this is 83 minutes of Tucci exercises; never a bad thing. The wooden Eve does her best, but director/writer Neil LaBute unfortunately underwrote her character — by design, it would seem, given all that transpires. Read full review
25
New York PostSara StewartDec 13, 2013
Minus its smirky twist ending, it’d make perfect material for New York’s new “That’s Abuse” domestic violence awareness campaign. Read full review
20
Time OutSam AdamsDec 10, 2013
The dialogue is the stuff of rapidly closing Off Broadway plays; the camerawork is flavorless and haphazard. Tucci hits every line like he’s about to break into a malicious tap dance, and Eve looks as if she was handed her script on the way to the set. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineChuck BowenDec 11, 2013
To watch the film is to wonder once again why Neil LaBute was ever taken seriously as a so-called dramatist of the gulf between the sexes. Read full review
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