The Shine of Day
| Release Date: July 12, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldJul 11, 2013
The Shine of Day pulls itself together with an ending that feels a bit ready-made for drawing out the parallels between its kindred performers. But the movie gratifyingly observes the openness that seems the base line for Philipp and Walter, and the glimmer of realization in a stage actor about the void that may lurk among his many liberating roles. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJul 11, 2013
Featuring veteran Austrian theater actor Philipp Hochmair and former circus performer Walter Saabel playing loosely fictionalized versions of themselves, The Shine of Day sporadically registers with beautifully observed moments even while suffering from its lack of a compelling narrative. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAaron CutlerJul 9, 2013
The Shine of Day shows strangers rockily building a family together. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerJul 6, 2013
As in Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel's 2009 film, La Pivellina, modesty is the key to The Shine of Day, and sometimes to the detriment of audience involvement and focus. Read full review
60
Time OutDavid FearJul 9, 2013
The Italian-born Covi and her Viennese partner keep things breezy, letting real-life theater actor Hochmair go about his backstage business and watching Saabel chat up various locals in dive bars (you can tell the filmmakers cut their teeth making docs). Read full review
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