81
Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90VarietyJay WeissbergVarietyJay WeissbergFernandez (“Used Parts”) has a masterful handle on narrative, structure and character, skillfully blending them all in a tale with atmosphere to spare.
- 90Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyLos Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyLike everything else about this lovely film, life, love and emotional growth are marked out in lush, languid, luminous terms.
- 80Village VoiceZachary WigonVillage VoiceZachary WigonFull of long takes and matter-of-fact performances, melancholy low-contrast cinematography and desolate vistas suffused with acute loneliness, The Empty Hours captures the feeling of idling away the time, waiting for something to arrive.
- 80The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisWorking with grace and patience, Mr. Fernández makes the mundane captivating.
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenAarón Fernández captures one of the most heartening elements of sex: that it doesn't always oblige our rules or expectations.
- 75RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comThe movie has a small story but a big theme; the theme being experience, and it conveys the emotions and moods of its characters by taking things nice and slow.
- A slight anecdote expanded to slightly beyond its natural length, The Empty Hours is nevertheless time well spent.