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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Film ThreatRon WellsFilm ThreatRon WellsIt's a harsh lesson, but this movie is more than able to grab and hold your attention for it. I just wouldn't bring a date.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA modest pleasure that accomplishes its goals with ease and confidence.
- 40The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensThe visual intensity and the relentless degradation visited on the characters begins to feel prurient and dishonest.
- 40L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonThe director pulls back from the hotel, placing it against the skyline of our beautiful city, which appears to be waiting, patiently, for a more original exploration of its inhabitants.
- 38New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickNever decides whether it wants to be a black comedy, drama, melodrama or some combination of the three. The acting and direction are all over the map in this consistently depressing, if occasionally interesting, slice of life.
- 30Village VoiceMark HolcombVillage VoiceMark HolcombRifkin milks the generic Bukowski-land setting for all its melodramatic potential, but what little grace his tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics.
- 30New Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufNew Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufIt's Tommy's job to clean the peep booths surrounding her, and after viewing this one, you'll feel like mopping up, too.
- 25New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanAdam Rifkin's dank, relentless drama puts you savagely through the wringer without bothering to enlighten or entertain.