The Empty Hours
Strand Releasing | Release Date: July 11, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyJul 17, 2014
Like everything else about this lovely film, life, love and emotional growth are marked out in lush, languid, luminous terms. Read full review
90
VarietyJay WeissbergJul 10, 2014
Fernandez (“Used Parts”) has a masterful handle on narrative, structure and character, skillfully blending them all in a tale with atmosphere to spare. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJul 10, 2014
Working with grace and patience, Mr. Fernández makes the mundane captivating. Read full review
80
Village VoiceZachary WigonJul 8, 2014
Full of long takes and matter-of-fact performances, melancholy low-contrast cinematography and desolate vistas suffused with acute loneliness, The Empty Hours captures the feeling of idling away the time, waiting for something to arrive. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyJul 11, 2014
The movie has a small story but a big theme; the theme being experience, and it conveys the emotions and moods of its characters by taking things nice and slow. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineChuck BowenJul 6, 2014
Aarón Fernández captures one of the most heartening elements of sex: that it doesn't always oblige our rules or expectations. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJonathan HollandJul 10, 2014
A slight anecdote expanded to slightly beyond its natural length, The Empty Hours is nevertheless time well spent. Read full review
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