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It's a story of contained chaos, quietly observed - one that catches fire more in retrospect than in the viewing. Aug 20, 2016 | Full Review…
It's a story of contained chaos, quietly observed - one that catches fire more in retrospect than in the viewing.
Sheri Linden
Porterfield's film doesn't offer much in the way of plot, but the ways the characters bounce off one another in small spaces are precisely observed, and the actors have a lot of soul ... May 9, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Porterfield's film doesn't offer much in the way of plot, but the ways the characters bounce off one another in small spaces are precisely observed, and the actors have a lot of soul ...
Adam Nayman
Unfolds like a music album, with emotive songs supplying information that doesn't need repeating in the lean screenplay, which the director co-wrote with Amy Belk. May 8, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Unfolds like a music album, with emotive songs supplying information that doesn't need repeating in the lean screenplay, which the director co-wrote with Amy Belk.
Peter Howell
The couple, both musicians, are in the midst of a bitter breakup, and Porterfield frequently trains the camera on one or the other as each performs his melancholy tunes; this stops the narrative dead in its tracks. Nov 7, 2013 | Full Review…
The couple, both musicians, are in the midst of a bitter breakup, and Porterfield frequently trains the camera on one or the other as each performs his melancholy tunes; this stops the narrative dead in its tracks.
J. R. Jones
The visual style of third-time director Matthew Porterfield ("Putty Hill," "Hamilton") is emphatically lyrical, beginning with a widescreen shot of a Maryland Ferris wheel that suggests a celebration of Americana. Oct 24, 2013 | Rating: 3/4
The visual style of third-time director Matthew Porterfield ("Putty Hill," "Hamilton") is emphatically lyrical, beginning with a widescreen shot of a Maryland Ferris wheel that suggests a celebration of Americana.
John Hartl
Nuanced performances by the non-professional cast and a haunting soundtrack help fill in the deliberate narrative gaps. Oct 17, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Nuanced performances by the non-professional cast and a haunting soundtrack help fill in the deliberate narrative gaps.
Peter Keough
Jeremy Saulnier's summer-spent cinematography is gentle and nothing shy of exquisite. Apr 5, 2014 | Full Review…
Jeremy Saulnier's summer-spent cinematography is gentle and nothing shy of exquisite.
Ray Pride
Slow scenes at the beginning turn into the pace of life Jan 31, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Slow scenes at the beginning turn into the pace of life
Marty Mapes
a celebration if you can call something this downbeat celebratory, of what film should act like and look like when you leave it alone. Nov 26, 2013 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
a celebration if you can call something this downbeat celebratory, of what film should act like and look like when you leave it alone.
Walter Chaw
Few filmmakers are getting at the substance of contemporary life as effectively. Nov 4, 2013 | Full Review…
Few filmmakers are getting at the substance of contemporary life as effectively.
Dan Sullivan
This delicate, compassionate film has an emotional impact.It unfolds the austere European way, without the heavy baggage of backstory. Oct 17, 2013 | Rating: 3 stars | Full Review…
This delicate, compassionate film has an emotional impact.It unfolds the austere European way, without the heavy baggage of backstory.
Gerald Peary
...by its end, the film had worked its way under our skin deeper than we expected, and through skilfully unobtrusive editing and camerawork, we felt we had a clear, honest picture of these lives. Oct 4, 2013 | Rating: B
...by its end, the film had worked its way under our skin deeper than we expected, and through skilfully unobtrusive editing and camerawork, we felt we had a clear, honest picture of these lives.
Jessica Kiang
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