Rotten
The universal truths Gregorini ostensibly hopes to unearth here actually end up feeling more than a little murky.
Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com
The Truth About Emanuel
Two Lives. Two Voids. One Secret.
2013 · 1h 36m · NOT RATED
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Francesca Gregorini
Overview
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
36%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Tackling the pain of motherhood and guilt of daughterhood, director Francesca Gregorini builds unbearable tension into scenes that otherwise risk tilting toward melodrama.
Annlee Ellingson, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
A film so self-serious that it demands to be remade as a Seth MacFarlane farce, "The Truth About Emanuel" mixes the ludicrous and the pretentious in a story about mommy issues gone wild.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Rotten
It's not so much a thriller as it is a ride on a runaway crazy train.
David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
A tedious wallow in female damage and the indulgence of same ...
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
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