Rotten
Messy admixtures of drama and mockery crucially undermine pic's serious message.
Robert Koehler, Variety
Ethan Mao
Sometimes the only way out is to break in
2004 · 1h 27m · N/A
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Quentin Lee
Overview
Kicked out of his house because he's gay, Ethan Mao returns home to steal and ends up holding his family hostage on a fateful Thanksgiving Day.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
36%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It builds tension gradually but surely to an exceptionally strong payoff.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Nobody onscreen seems to realize that this deadeningly self-serious treatment of family dysfunction is so overwrought that it becomes a spot-on satire of low-budget ineptitude.
Tim Grierson, L.A. Weekly
Rotten
Overly ambitious in its themes and crude in its execution.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
Awkward dialogue, amateurist acting and uninspired direction.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
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