“… steamy but never seamy, at once ardent and honest in its exploration of matters of faith.”

“… occasionally demonstrates the charm, flair, and flourish of other Archers’ pictures…”

“…a bitter pill chased by the world’s smallest spoon of sugar.”

“…suggests what it might have been like if Stanley Kubrick had directed a handful of Twilight Zone episodes.”

“Intimately aligned with its 11-year-old protagonist’s point of view…”

“…part anthropological study and part gangster drama.”

“…has the incongruous feel of a lovely sort of last rites.”

“There isn’t a boring frame in the film.”

“…plays with the filmmaking process in intriguing, fruitful ways.”

“A love triangle framed by a rectangle…”