States of Control
Pathfinder Pictures | Release Date: April 13, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
32
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
3
Negative:
4
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Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Conjures up enough involving moments to create some drama. Read full review
40
The New York TimesDave Kehr
In the end, Lisa's revolt seems as predictably programmatic, and as widely abstracted from observable human behavior, as the movie that contains her. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
While handsomely mounted and generally well acted, the film is undermined by long stretches of awkward, obvious dialogue and by the vagueness of Lisa's revolt against the status quo. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
A sluggish and prototypically earnest little indie on the not exactly fresh theme of a woman undergoing a midlife crisis. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
The characters speak in Dialogue rather than English, the actors are so busy emoting they forget to act and the story feels like a first-draft college project. Read full review
30
VarietyLeonard Klady
Oblique and impenetrable under its glossy surface. Read full review
20
Village VoiceEdward Crouse
Takes its heroine, Lisa (Van Dyck), to the neurotic brink. Read full review
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