“Byrne’s tiny touches that reverberate with recognizability.”

“… like watching the problems of a pillow.”

“… lures us in with a swooning romance, then lowers the hammer.”

“The filmmaking is hypnotic…”

“Seyfried has the big eyes of belief and brings a level of tremulous conviction to match.”

“Time takes on a different tenor in Train Dreams . . .”

“O’Connor’s J.B. registers as a particularly American fraud.”

“Lawrence gives a gripping performance that’s more about the inhabiting of a body than the delivery of words.”

“… bleak, but to a purpose.”

“… there is a gravitation toward the repugnant that goes beyond description and toward a place of awed fascination.”