[Garcia] leaves you thinking deeply about these people. And leaves you wanting more.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
4 Nov 2005
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Nine Lives is an elegant film of quick, tour-de-force acting turns, a simple actor's gesture that tells you more than four pages of dialogue, a movie that demands concentration but that rewards the viewer willing to pay attention.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
2 Dec 2005
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Some parts are stronger than others, but as a fleshed-out artistic vision, Nine Lives works remarkably well.
– Eleanor Ringel Gillespie,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
31 Dec 2005
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If only every women's movie had Nine Lives' fire, intelligence, and conviction, they wouldn't have such a shaky reputation in the first place.
– Nathan Rabin,
AV Club,
31 Dec 2005
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The stories are sketches, often without resolution, and while individual segments succeed admirably, taken together the portraits are a fitful match.