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Critics Consensus: Murky and too artsy for its own good, November ends up being a case of style with little substance.
Critic Consensus: Murky and too artsy for its own good, November ends up being a case of style with little substance.
All Critics (80) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (25) | Rotten (55) | DVD (2)
Highly irritating and nonsensical
There is much promise here from the young director, Greg Harrison.
It's interesting, and November does give us something to chew on. But a puzzle with no payoff isn't worth the effort.
The lack of proper resolution to the story is more vexing than intriguing.
Essentially a student film that happens to star some big-name actors.
Does not provide enough 'clues' to Sophie's emotional background to make us care whether or not she survives the trauma of 7/11.
A pileup of stylistic audio and visual gimmicks and special effects, all in need of compelling characters and a story to hook us.
Wants to be smarter than it is.
Maybe November wanted to be the missing link between more conventional art-house films and the hallucinogenic dreams of David Lynch. It fails.
Director Greg Harrison attempts to compensate for a weak, undernourished screenplay with flashy visuals, including excessive rapid cutting and blurry shots that add nothing of value.
For those who like these sorts of cinematic Sudoku puzzles, "November" is a good one.
It doesn't always succeed, and sometimes it has the egocentric obviousness of a particularly clever, grad-student thesis film, but at least Harrison is game enough to mess with your head in the first place.
In terms of being original it was very good and a different look at a bad situation, but it just left me confused as to what had actually happened. I don't think anyone other than the creators really know for certain what happened. It was very 'student film' and the acting was pretty bad in some places. Not something I'll be watching again and something I'd definitely recommend not to see.
Super Reviewer
An interesting but ultimately pointless movie that tries WAY too hard for the "convoluted indie mystery" effect and generally fails. If your viewer is too confused to comprehend said mystery by the end of the film, then I think your final product isn't too good.
Very interesting movie, that perhaps tries a little too hard to be different, and the resolution is unsatisfactory. But it features interesting camerawork, a clever story and a first-rate performance from Courteney Cox Arquette, who makes the transition from her usual comedy (Friends) and knowing horror (Scream) to drama with gutso. Her agent should definitely be booking her for more of these kinds of roles...
A good effort to produce something somber and enthralling without being overly pretentious.
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