A reclusive sports hustler returns home to his family farm after years of absence to reunite with his two eccentric, unhinged and emotionally damaged brothers.
It's all a labored sort of strange, like someone forcing himself to have a bad dream.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
14 Jul 2011
fresh:
There's an unkillable something at the heart of "Septien," an artistic ambition that's not calculated or cynical, that feels homegrown American but is thoroughly resistant to totalitarian spectacle and the manufactured tides of mass opinion.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
7 Jul 2011
fresh:
The setup and storyline are absurd, but the angst underneath is as earnest as a campfire confession.
– Alison Willmore,
AV Club,
7 Jul 2011
fresh:
As intriguing as the movie is, there's the sense that its free-associative story line has been dredged up from its maker's unconscious and recounted without filter or shape.
– Sam Adams,
Time Out New York,
6 Jul 2011
rotten:
This low-budget paean to indoor plumbing and rampant facial hair doesn't unfold so much as unravel.