Jeannie and her estranged business partner Amanda have a falling out leading to Amanda getting back with an ex and Jeannie bonding more with her non-paralyzed twin Lauren.
Makes up in depth for what it sacrifices in breadth.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
8 Feb 2010
fresh:
It's rambling, doesn't really go anywhere, and is not necessarily about anything beyond its own sense of place. But it's mildly diverting nonetheless. It's about mood, not plot.
– Cary Darling,
Dallas Morning News,
12 Feb 2010
fresh:
More than ever, Bujalski comes across like the natural heir to someone like Eric Rohmer, an artist who creates intricate, perceptive and artful cinema that rejects unnecessary style and contrivance.
– David Jenkins,
Time Out,
15 Apr 2010
rotten:
Ultimately a dull story about dull thirtysomethings whose dull issues are conveyed in a prying, cinema verite style, implying drama and meaning in the mundane details of their dull lives.
– Greg Quill,
Toronto Star,
7 Apr 2011
fresh:
It is typical of Bujalski's finely wrought observation of their lives that the film ends, as it began, with a moment in which Lauren is poised, indecisively, on the cusp of a decision.