Awkward dialogue, amateurist acting and uninspired direction.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
17 Jun 2005
rotten:
Overly ambitious in its themes and crude in its execution.
– Frank Scheck,
Hollywood Reporter,
15 Jul 2005
rotten:
Nobody onscreen seems to realize that this deadeningly self-serious treatment of family dysfunction is so overwrought that it becomes a spot-on satire of low-budget ineptitude.
– Tim Grierson,
L.A. Weekly,
11 Aug 2005
fresh:
It builds tension gradually but surely to an exceptionally strong payoff.
– Kevin Thomas,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Aug 2005
rotten:
Messy admixtures of drama and mockery crucially undermine pic's serious message.