Macabre and provocative, yet wonderfully restrained.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Unfortunately, it's so dark -- and impenetrable -- that it shuts us out.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Abel Ferrara, working from a rabidly ambitious script by Nicholas St. John, gives the genre a provocative and perversely funny snap that Anne Rice might envy.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2001
fresh:
Love him or hate him, Mr. Ferrara is one of the few directors who can turn genre movies into something deeper.
– Caryn James,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
No matter, without exactly transcending the awful material, Ferrara puts it across with astonishing poetry and conviction.