One thing's certain: This is no swoony love story. It intoxicates all the same.
– Keith Uhlich,
Time Out,
17 Mar 2015
fresh:
It can be a strategically off-putting movie yet one that also steals under your skin scene by scene and through Ms. Schnoeink's slowly revealing performance as an ill-fated heroine turned future biographical footnote.
– Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
18 Mar 2015
fresh:
Hausner's film feels authentically quiet and slower-paced for the time period ...
– Sara Stewart,
New York Post,
18 Mar 2015
rotten:
Despite being inspired by actual events, it all comes off more confounding than tragic or romantic.
– Gary Goldstein,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar 2015
fresh:
Less than propulsive as a narrative, but provocative, instructive, consistently surprising and a kind of slow-motion thriller.