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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Screen DailyMark AdamsScreen DailyMark AdamsA gentle charmer punctuated with a series of nicely judged performance and an increasing sense of magical realism.
- 63RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyRogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyThe movie doesn't quite hold together at times, and some of the darker elements (like what it feels like to be shamed and shunned at every moment of your life) are soft-pedaled. But it has a strange charm nonetheless.
- 50The DissolveAndrew LapinThe DissolveAndrew LapinSmith and Kravitz, both tremendously likable, simply don’t have enough to do together.
- 40VarietyNick SchagerVarietyNick SchagerEmitting the unpleasant stench of over-affectation, Treading Water slaps together its particular peculiarities with such randomness, it’s as if the film were conceived from blindly throwing disparate elements at the wall.
- 30Village VoiceAbby GarnettVillage VoiceAbby GarnettAnaleine Cal y Mayor's bland, faux-quirky dramedy's most distinguishing set piece is a kitschy historic house museum dedicated to an erstwhile Mexican crooner named Guillermo Garibai.