A director with a more sensationalistic temperament might have milked this last section of the picture for melodramatic effect, but Russell's direction becomes, if anything, more brisk and more clipped.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Davies registers believable frustration and deadpan teenage disengagement in equal measure.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Joe Brown
This is dangerous, dissonant material, but writer/director David O. Russell, making his feature filmmaking debut, somehow pulls it off.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Caryn James
It is also the sort of astonishingly fresh and self-assured work that can make a reputation.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
This is not a "nice" movie -- it deals with some pretty intense issues (like incest and suicide) -- but it is both bold and inventive, and works because of an unforced approach.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Peter Rainer
Russell is unusual among first-time directors in his ability to mold and shape performance. [28 Jul 1994 Pg. F2]Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
The movie is finally predictable, but it has connected with a generation that believes it has been saddled with the thankless job of raising its own parents.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
Even so, the film's incest theme seems more symbolic than literal in what is, at heart, a comedy about escaping the womb; throwaway gags are wicked enough throughout to keep the taboo plot twist from knocking this hit-and-miss black comedy off the track. [26 Jul 1994 Pg. 08.D]Read Full Review »
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