What elevates Two Lovers beyond the mundane is the strength of the performances.
– Bill Goodykoontz,
Arizona Republic,
5 Mar 2009
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If Two Lovers winds up being Phoenix's last movie, at least it offers posterity incontrovertible proof that, once, he was a contender.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
13 Mar 2009
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Gray's direction lovingly toys with images of containment and release, effectively playing out the drama in visual terms - but we never really feel it.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
27 Mar 2009
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Gray guides his strong cast to a resolution that is both surprising and entirely realistic.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
10 Apr 2009
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Phoenix plays that schism -- the damaged soul in a hunky body -- to perfection, so well that we overlook the logical chasm at the centre of the tale.