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The Song of Sway Lake benefits from alluring, evocative atmosphere, although it isn't always enough to compensate for a shaggy narrative and overall lack of focus.
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In short, it's a mess -- an often lovely, atmospheric throwback with some clear personal flourishes, but a mess nonetheless. Sep 21, 2018 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
In short, it's a mess -- an often lovely, atmospheric throwback with some clear personal flourishes, but a mess nonetheless.
Adam Graham
The problem is that there's not much of a story to be enfolded by this atmosphere - or at least nothing that's compelling. Sep 21, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
The problem is that there's not much of a story to be enfolded by this atmosphere - or at least nothing that's compelling.
James Berardinelli
The attractiveness of the scenery, and a quiet, dignified performance by Ms. Peña in what could now be her last movie appearance, wind up being the main redeeming values here. Sep 21, 2018 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
The attractiveness of the scenery, and a quiet, dignified performance by Ms. Peña in what could now be her last movie appearance, wind up being the main redeeming values here.
Glenn Kenny
A clunky, lurching affair populated by barely sketched individuals who seem to be competing for a most-intolerable prize... Sep 20, 2018 | Full Review…
A clunky, lurching affair populated by barely sketched individuals who seem to be competing for a most-intolerable prize...
Nick Schager
"The Song of Sway Lake" is full of good ideas that never quite coalesce into an actual movie. Sep 20, 2018 | Full Review…
"The Song of Sway Lake" is full of good ideas that never quite coalesce into an actual movie.
Noel Murray
Filmmaker Gold might have been better off keeping a tight focus on the sparring interchanges between Ollie and his grandmother, for what they tell us about past and present. Sep 20, 2018 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Filmmaker Gold might have been better off keeping a tight focus on the sparring interchanges between Ollie and his grandmother, for what they tell us about past and present.
Walter V. Addiego
With scenes going from detective noir, to romance, to thriller, to dry comedy drama and then back again, it all becomes tiring, without a strong enough emotional depth to the characters to warrant much of the ruminative aspect Feb 21, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
With scenes going from detective noir, to romance, to thriller, to dry comedy drama and then back again, it all becomes tiring, without a strong enough emotional depth to the characters to warrant much of the ruminative aspect
Robert W. Monk
Between its music and its mood, there should be enough here to sway audiences into giving it the benefit of the doubt. Nov 28, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Between its music and its mood, there should be enough here to sway audiences into giving it the benefit of the doubt.
Matt Brunson
The movie seems lost in its own haze of ethereal confusion. Oct 19, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
The movie seems lost in its own haze of ethereal confusion.
Josh Bell
There's a grating fairy tale vibe to the film, especially when Ollie and Nikolai's motivations are narrated through an almost "once upon a time" tone. Oct 17, 2018 | Full Review…
There's a grating fairy tale vibe to the film, especially when Ollie and Nikolai's motivations are narrated through an almost "once upon a time" tone.
Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
Despite the beauty of the imagery, The Song of Sway Lake is a film that conflates that artsy, impressionistic cinematography with profoundly deep and emotional storytelling, as if one can turn the correlation into a kind of causation. Oct 17, 2018 | Full Review…
Despite the beauty of the imagery, The Song of Sway Lake is a film that conflates that artsy, impressionistic cinematography with profoundly deep and emotional storytelling, as if one can turn the correlation into a kind of causation.
Deborah Krieger
"The Song of Sway Lake" is hardly what you'd call a satisfying movie. Oct 15, 2018 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
"The Song of Sway Lake" is hardly what you'd call a satisfying movie.
Cole Smithey
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