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Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA venturesome, beautifully realized psychological mood piece that reveals its first-time feature director's understanding of the expressive power of the camera.
- 40VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyA walk on the "dark side" that moves far more slowly than limited character insight requires.
- 40L.A. WeeklyMark OlsenL.A. WeeklyMark OlsenThere is a great divide between a film about people in the throes of aimless, meandering lives and a film that is simply aimless and meandering. Smokers Only never acknowledges, let alone bridges, that gap.
- 38New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanA jumbled composite of blurred images, poetic yearnings and metaphoric dialogue.
- 30Village VoiceNick RutiglianoVillage VoiceNick RutiglianoDetached performances and a murky sound mix further the sense of suspended animation.