71
Metascore
21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Boston GlobeLoren KingBoston GlobeLoren KingAffecting, troubling, dazzling film.
- 90Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternThrough exquisite details, evocative music and bold dramatic strokes -- including a tragedy that transcends the melodrama it might have been -- Rain renders this family's life in its full dimensions.
- 88Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaRain is a quiet, disquieting triumph.
- 83Portland OregonianKim MorganPortland OregonianKim MorganQuiet, sexual, disturbing, often beautifully melancholic, Rain, as seen through the eyes of a precocious girl, recalls a parental split-up with sobering accuracy. It reminds us why so many teen-agers go through a sullen phase -- and sometimes never shake it off.
- 80SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekA character who triumphs over a clumsy story line is a very rare creature. It takes a smart director and a sensitive actor to bring him to life, and to keep him breathing all the way through.
- 75Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakSeattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakGorgeously evocative visually.
- 75New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardMovies about the dawning of female sexuality and its links to mother-daughter competition are tough to pull off, but Rain is a splendid example of how to get it right.
- 70L.A. WeeklyManohla DargisL.A. WeeklyManohla DargisJeffs' meticulous framing nicely counterpoints all the messy turmoil, and her screenplay flows with the cadences of life -- its awkward eruptions and long, hurtful silences -- but she never pulls you deep enough into her characters.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanAs it moves from the drizzly to the overly stormy, Rain freights a young girl's self-destructive eagerness to lose her virginity with so much danger and even horror that it's as if the events were trying to make up for the film's previous lack of drama.