Fresh
Mendelsohn's dialogue is, for the most part, as spare as poetry, and the three stories are woven together masterfully and acquire a gleaming aura that's almost pastoral.
Bruce Diones, New Yorker
Overview
An executive, a housewife and a youngster spend a day in their Long Island suburban town during the course of one curious autumn day afternoon.
Director and cast
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76%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Little is left to chance, and every detail contributes to a tightly schematic, microcosmic poetic concept.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh
Well-acted and acutely observed, the sort of cerebral fare you can more typically find on HBO than in theaters these days.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Rotten
My mind kept wandering.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
A story in which poor real folks are granted perspective only by brushing up against starlets, accidents, and villains of the tabloid press.
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
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