After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger and the firm purpose of getting a new life, but she will be haunted by anxiety and memories of the past.
Lives constructed on pretense can only stand for so long. Watching them collapse is appalling but undeniably entertaining.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
17 Dec 2013
fresh:
A sharply observed, post-economic crash comedy-drama that boasts a formidable performance by Cate Blanchett and addresses such pertinent real-world concerns as class, gender and corporate criminality in urban America.
– Geoff Pevere,
Globe and Mail,
4 Nov 2013
fresh:
You have to dig deep in Allen's back catalogue to find a single performance as affecting and well-judged as the one Cate Blanchett delivers.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
17 Sep 2013
fresh:
It's narratively uneven but the occasional lapses of focus are rescued by Cate Blanchett's riveting lead performance.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
9 Aug 2013
fresh:
This also benefits from one of the strongest casts he's assembled in years: Cate Blanchett is exceptional in the lead, and there are strong supporting turns from Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, and (in a surprise dramatic turn) Andrew Dice Clay.