The High Cost of Living
Tribeca Film | Release Date: September 9, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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3
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80
Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasMay 13, 2011
Set in a noirish, gleaming Montreal, this handsome, captivating, well-paced and stylish film is fully realized in every aspect. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyMay 14, 2011
The cast is uniformly good, but Isabelle Blais especially stands out as Natalie. Read full review
60
Time OutEric HynesSep 6, 2011
Shared tragedy can bind together the most unlikely of people. Movies often make too much of that truism, but surprisingly committed performances from actors like these can still make it feel like something meaningful. Read full review
40
The New York TimesPaul BrunickSep 8, 2011
This debut feature by the Canadian director Deborah Chow is so artistically well-intentioned and earnest in its ambitions that you can almost forgive the banality of its every scene. Read full review
40
VarietyAlissa SimonMay 9, 2011
Although there are moments when lead thesps Zach Braff ("Scrubs", "Garden State") and Isabelle Blais just about pull off the implausible conceit, the picture still suffers from major problems of tone as well as stilted camerawork and editing. Read full review
30
Village VoiceAaron HillisSep 6, 2011
Deborah Chow's ridiculously implausible yet still predictable tale of guilt and redemption is so bipolar in tone that when it's not a more linear rip-off of Guillermo Arriaga's grim and gritty melodramas (21 Grams, Babel), it's the kind of quirky indie romance that made Braff's name. Read full review
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