When a family of raccoons discover worms living underneath the sod in Jeff and Nealy's backyard, this pest problem begins a darkly comic and wild chain reaction of domestic tension, infidelity and murder.
"The Details" wears its quirky heart on its sleeve, signaling (and smirking at) its own silliness, at every opportunity, with an intrusively antic score that makes everything sound like a giant joke.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
2 Nov 2012
rotten:
"The Details" cancels itself out by being too campy to take seriously and too tragic to laugh at.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
2 Nov 2012
rotten:
It's hard to make a fine actress like Laura Linney look off-key and shrill, but "The Details" manages to do just that. It's hardly an accomplishment.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
2 Nov 2012
fresh:
As the title suggests, it's all in the details, which writer-director Estes provides in large if not always convincing doses.
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
8 Nov 2012
fresh:
"The Details" is not just entertaining, but potentially useful.