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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60The New York TimesAndy WebsterThe New York TimesAndy WebsterThe movie benefits from Austin Schmidt’s neon-infused cinematography and Annie Simeone’s lush production design. But Mr. LaChiusa’s songs largely fail to resonate here. Dramatic traction suffers, probably as a result of the many, and diffuse, vignettes. And yet this is a commendably audacious effort by Mr. Gustafson (“Were the World Mine”).
- 50Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlWhat Gustafson has achieved is certainly artful, and sometimes, through montage and smart camerawork, suggests correspondences between these century-crossing assignations that the stage show could not. But even at its best, this Hello Again struck me as an uncertain, even ancillary work.
- 40Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAustin ChronicleSteve DavisThe film wears its ambitions on its sleeve as it daisy chains from lover to lover, intently focused on maintaining the rhythm of its segues from vignette to vignette to the detriment of any profound insight into its linked characters’ mostly unhappy love lives.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe performers' fine acting and vocal efforts (the film is almost entirely sung-through) are not enough to compensate for the vacuousness of the material.