"Fascinating to the point of repeat viewings."
- Variety
Reviews
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Glenn Kenny
N.Y. TimesDistinctive and provocative. Adams produces work that is too prickly and individual to categorize. The aggregation of seemingly tossed-off scenes tightens like a noose.
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Karina Longworth
L.A. WeeklyA must see. Wildly ambitious and overwhelming. A fresh-feeling sense of dystopian dread.
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Dennis Harvey
VarietyAn arresting talent. Very different, period. Fascinating to the point of repeat viewings.
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Lauren Baggett
Screen AnarchyIt's a sucker punch of a film, and its creator is a master in the making.
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Jim Ridley
Village VoiceMicro in budget, macro in ambition, accomplishment, and scope. Prompts multiple viewings, and deserves them.
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Mike D'Angelo
A.V. ClubSo much more ambitious and intelligent and accomplished than the films that come out of Sundance every year.
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Richard von Busack
MetroAdams understands all the tools of the cinema, such as the importance of the angle of light, the power of sound editing, the direction of a glance, the deft use of a blackout.
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Fernando Croce
MubiAn adventurous filmmaker continuing to push forward. His use of actors, light, editing rhythms, and sound design are all calibrated to the emotions on the screen.
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Vadim Rizov
Filmmaker MagazineAdams is playing on a whole other level.
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Phillip Lopate
N.Y. TimesPoignant and engrossing. A very fine film which stays with me.
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Ray Greene
BoxOfficeBABNIK marks Adams as a fresh directing talent. It’s a rousing success.
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Charlie Olsky
IndiewireA true find. Beautifully realized. Every single moment of the story rings true, aided by uniformly excellent performances.