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36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAustin ChronicleKimberley JonesIt’s a movie made of moments, the antithesis of "plot-driven," but the sum of these moments is magnificent, the culmination of so many elements: acting, scripting, score (by locals Michael Linnen and David Wingo), and cinematography.
- 90NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenThe best movie of the last 20 years about young people in love is 1989’s.
- 90TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissGreen shoots his groping lovers in the art-film style -- long takes, static frame -- but his tone isn't at all minimalist; it's achingly, breathtakingly romantic, like the old Hollywood love stories his kids have never seen.
- 90Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternLike his (David Gordon Green's) debut feature of three years ago, the exquisite "George Washington," this new one has my heart, and I think it will have yours.
- 80The New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe New RepublicStanley KauffmannGreen treats his people with affectionate knowledge, untinged with patronizing. And he sees them in ways that are free of cinematic cliché.
- 75Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrGreen unquestionably has a rare, intermittent knack for rapture.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliSlow moving and low key, and, when the final credits roll, you feel like you have spent nearly two hours in the company of a few real people, not constructs of a writer's imagination.
- 70The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsDeschanel and Schneider--who both give rich, funny performances--and everyone around them have inner lives that don't always translate into words. When they speak, it's usually in dialogue halfway between poetry and inarticulate fumbling.
- 70L.A. WeeklyJohn PowersL.A. WeeklyJohn PowersGreen is essentially a poet of moods rather than a teller of tales, and he adorns the movie with stylistic touches influenced by Terrence Malick.
- 50New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerNew York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerThere’s a ravishing aliveness to the spacious imagery; at least the clichés have room to roam free.