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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneCristián Jiménez's film knows how entangled the will to know is with the will to make love.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThis isn't a story of Shakespearean proportions, but it's a sweet peg for this complex, carefully constructed gem.
- 70VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerBy turns gentle, deadpan, droll and sarcastic, Jimenez's film reflects on Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past" to track a sweet but doomed love affair between literary -- and pleasurably randy -- college students.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceBonsái seems like a veritable thicket of illuminating references and correspondences. A kind of poetry sprouts up even in some of the inevitable sad-twee flourishes.
- 70The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisThere's nothing obscure about young love and loss, and a story, as Mr. Jiménez put it, about "youngsters who have to deal with this sudden lack of certainties which makes them more lonely than they could have ever imagined."
- 60Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearCristián Jiménez's dust-dry dramedy attests to the writer-director's own bibliophilia (the film is literally divided by chapter pages), as well as his lead actor's ability to milk a deadpan look that would make Buster Keaton proud.
- Jiménez's drama is crisply imprinted; another fine recent Chilean effort.
- Jimenez makes a youthful film about sex, lies and literature that has the awkward charm of first love.
- 40Boxoffice MagazineRichard MoweBoxoffice MagazineRichard MoweIt has its moments, although the charmless main character Julio (played by Diego Noguera) begins to get on your nerves, as he seems incapable of extricating himself from difficult situations.