Fine Line Features | Release Date: July 14, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
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Mixed or average reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
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75
A deft, elegant, melancholy tapestry of flawed outreach, and the big reason it succeeds is Podeswa's courage in dispensing with a lot of exposition and trusting the audience - and the faces of the actors - to fill a lot of what otherwise would be gaps.
83
It's a lovely film that suffers from an overdetermined structure and a reliance on a sensationalized plot line that, quixotically, is ignored for long periods of time.
63
Pseudo art can be fun, though, even if it doesn't quite awaken all your senses.
88
Thoughtfulness and artistry ...raise this small, quiet picture to moments of pure epiphany.
75
The five stories in The Five Senses flawlessly and even artfully create a unified mood.