Twin Falls Idaho
Columbia TriStar Home Video | Release Date: July 30, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
22
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Bizarre, shadowy, enticingly eerie...more poetic, more tantalizingly original. Read full review
100
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
In its quiet, dark, claustrophobic way, this is one of the best films of the year. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
A quietly dazzling microcosm that's always just this side of eerie, just that side of tragic. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A graceful mood piece that is infinitely moving. Read full review
90
Dallas ObserverJean Oppenheimer
A gentle, beautifully realized tale of love and intimacy...It moved me to tears. Read full review
89
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
At once emotionally charged and genuinely, disconcertingly surreal...a marvel of subdued, genuine filmmaking. Read full review
88
Miami HeraldCurtis Morgan
Never shies from acknowledging the natural fascination with their abnormalities. Read full review
88
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Although the pervading mood of Twin Falls Idaho - a beautifully shot, noirish thing - is one of sadness and loss, the Polishes' film is playful, too. Read full review
88
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
Beautiful, wandering little love story that wants to break your heart and probably will. Read full review
80
L.A. WeeklyJohn Patterson
Proves that it's possible for a movie to be reckless and adventurous merely by being sedate, unhurried and contemplative. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
An eerily effective film...Twin Falls Idaho has style, gravity and originality to spare. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Has the gentlest feel of any movie I can remember. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
Pretentious but absorbing. Read full review
70
Film.comJohn Hartl
Best of all is a Halloween party where the Falls are complimented on their "costume," then outed. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
With its persuasive special effects, gentle pace, and more expressionistic than surreal production design, this serious yet far from ponderous drama is something of a marvel. Read full review
70
TNT RoughCutMorgan Fouch
Though Twin Falls Idaho fascinatingly uncovers the complexities of conjoined twins, it is more about any sibling relationship where one feels simultaneously burdened and uplifted by the other.
70
Washington PostRita Kempley
Entrancing, uncommonly compassionate film. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Some truly memorable moments, but they come early and, as the film wears its way along, become increasingly hard to call to mind. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula Nechak
Often as stillborn in pace as it is conceptually compelling. Read full review
67
Mr. ShowbizMichael Atkinson
It is only once the movie has exhausted its roster of "weird" notions and contrived images that it finds its emotional footing, leaving you with one half of a lovely, woebegone film. Read full review
63
New York PostJonathan Foreman
The whole film could use a jolt of caffeine, and a lugubrious woodwind score doesn't help. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
If you're in the mood for something strange, this film may please you, twice over. Read full review
60
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Lacks narrative push...atmospheric drama that casts a minor but distinctive spell. Read full review
50
Film.comPeter Brunette
While the film's mood is dreamy, dark, and gentle, it's also very slow and seldom leads to much of a intellectual or emotional payoff. Read full review
50
Village VoiceDennis Lim
Neither as weighty nor as weird as it would like to think. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunAnn Hornaday
Surprisingly formulaic. So many scenes seem lifted from a 1950s melodrama, from Blake and Francis' repentent mother (Leslie Ann Warren) to the film's tearjerker of a final scene. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
This Lynch-ian knockoff is moodily monotonal, but the sameness is wearying. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
A slow and pensive tone, but for all its lyrical pretensions it lacks real poetry. Read full review
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