The movie avoids devolving into polemic by treating its characters as individuals.
– Kerry Lengel,
Arizona Republic,
18 Aug 2006
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An unsettling drama by the director of two other remarkable films about class illusions, Human Resources and Time Out.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
25 Aug 2006
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The film offers something unusual, a tragic spectacle of normal, recognizable and utterly sympathetic people condemning themselves.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Sep 2006
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The regal Rampling has never been finer, and Cesar makes his character surprisingly proud and sympathetic.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
7 Sep 2006
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Exploring female desire in a way films rarely do, Heading South is a film of sometimes subtle, sometimes blunt metaphors for the interaction of rich and pauperized countries.