An ambitious female attorney wallows in excess and meaningless sex with both male and female partners, while dealing with her personal life problems including helping her kleptomaniac sister.
Taken as a whole, this is not a product of the cookie cutter and should be of interest to the adventurous filmgoer.
– Jeff Millar,
Houston Chronicle,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Often too pretentious to be profound.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Even if it works better as a provocative psychological treatise than as art, it does come alive and does provide major roles for Tilda Swinton and Amy Madigan.
– Kevin Thomas,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb 2001
fresh:
The result is short on plot but long on observational detail and psychological resonance.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
12 Apr 2002
fresh:
The women (played by Tilda Swinton and Amy Madigan) are so intriguing and complex that they almost overcome the trappings of a non-linear narrative that's borderline academic.