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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliHawke has made this movie his way and the result is a story that is by turns romantic and disquieting. It's well worth the price of admission.
- 75New York PostNew York PostCould be an overwrought mess if it were in less capable hands. But Webber and Moreno are so good, it's hard to believe they're not really deeply and meaningfully in lust.
- 67Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerAt times this indie is as repetitive and self-indulgent as its protagonist, but it captures a bit of the madness of being unrequitedly in love.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceHawke quite capably taps into the bittersweet complexities of young, love-struck idiocy.
- 50VarietyVarietyPatchy lead perfs and mannered helming subtract value from pic's tangible plus points (solid supporting turns, pleasant score).
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghActor-turned-filmmaker Ethan Hawke's second feature, an adaptation of his own novel about youthful heartbreak, is hobbled by its singularly unappealing lead characters.
- 50New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsHawke, who is very good as the young man's estranged father, had best stick to what he does best.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAt around the halfway point, its characters’ haranguing voices begin to grate on you. People in their early 20s, even pretty people, lose their appeal when they dwell this obsessively on their own inchoate turmoil.
- 50Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoLos Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoPersonal and heartfelt, it's nevertheless bogged down by a lack of perspective on the material and a pointlessly frilly visual style.
- 38PremiereGlenn KennyPremiereGlenn KennyThe problem is the material itself, with its trite observations and shockingly flat writing.