This is a challenging and ultimately moving film that deserves to find a like-minded audience.
– Chris Vognar,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Jul 2005
fresh:
Manages to deal with its raw, awful subject matter in ways that are both challenging and illuminating.
– Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
21 Jul 2005
rotten:
The audience has gotten the point roughly 90 minutes before the characters do.
– Richard Nilsen,
Arizona Republic,
21 Jul 2005
fresh:
Araki's best film in a long time.
– Terry Lawson,
Detroit Free Press,
22 Jul 2005
fresh:
Gone is the gloomy nihilism of The Doom Generation and The Living End, replaced by a melancholy, but hopeful, affection toward people with the capacity to overcome tremendous psychological trauma.