59
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittPinter's screenplay offers an exciting mixture of psychological suspense and storytelling surprise, and the lead performances are close to flawless.
- 80L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorDespite his (Jeremy Irons) showboating turn and Dench's lascivious energy, it's Annette Crosbie, in her quiet way, who gives the most commanding performance, as the sister who sees all too clearly what's coming.
- 75New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannAn atmospheric and subtly engrossing relationship saga, which wowed the critics when it played on British TV and is just now getting a theatrical release.
- 70The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensA teasing, oblique curiosity of a movie.
- 63New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardWatching these pros in a dance of things unsaid is breathtaking, but it's a lugubrious, claustrophobic tale.
- 30Village VoiceJessica WinterVillage VoiceJessica WinterAidan Higgins's novel undergoes a choppy, perplexing script adaptation by Harold Pinter (who enjoys a soused, belligerent cameo), further muddied by non sequitur editing inserts. Imogen and Otto's happenstance affair holds little intrigue or surprise.
- 20Los Angeles TimesManohla DargisLos Angeles TimesManohla DargisUnearthing even the roughest gems serves a programming purpose, but in this case it has also led to a theatrical release of a movie that looks like a muddy second-generation Xerox and contains all the emotional and intellectual appeal of cold tea and soggy toast.