Off the Map

Off the Map is visually beautiful as a portrait of lives in the middle of emptiness, but it's not about the New Mexico scenery. It's about feelings that shift among people who are good enough, curious enough or just maybe tired enough to let that happen.Read Full Review »

Rambles without apparent purpose, and yet it blooms in emotional impact as it goes.Read Full Review »

There's a collective scintillation about its rich, distinctive characters, narrative serendipity and ineffable magic.Read Full Review »

The funny and heartbreaking Off the Map, directed with a poet's eye and a keen ear for nuance by Campbell Scott, resonates with something rare in today's movies: simplicity.Read Full Review »

Directed with an easygoing grace by Campbell Scott, has the feel of a coming-of-age novel.Read Full Review »

This is a character study more than a forward-moving drama, plopped down with exquisite photographic care in a beautiful New Mexico desert, and starring good actors who make a feast of their flavorful roles.Read Full Review »

It takes a rugged survivalist mentality to sit through 108 minutes of Off the Map, a self-consciously loopy and mystical drama about a family that lives off the map, off the grid, off the land and mostly off their meds in the mangy desert of New Mexico.Read Full Review »

A joy to watch.Read Full Review »

With a director, screenwriter and star who have deep roots in the theater, Off the Map is more than anything an actor's film.Read Full Review »

Were it not so soporific, Off the Map could easily drive you off your nut.Read Full Review »