“Torres plays the character with a stubborn reticence, even once the plot kicks in.”

“…as if Nuri Bilge Ceylan or Carlos Reygadas had decided to make a version of Larry Clark’s Kids.”

“This is no facile consideration of the command to ‘honor thy father and mother.'”

“…at its best when the story and period trappings serve Lynch’s vision, and vice versa.”

“The moral inquiry remains fruitful fodder for reflection; the framework itself feels lacking.”

“When a film piles on this many problems for its characters, it’s often because it doesn’t really believe in any of them.”

“…highlights the absurdity of war, or possibly the absurdity of civilized behavior when war is going on just outside.”

“…captures the madness of a societal menace without ever losing sight of his humanity.”

“…the more ‘inventive’ the movie gets, the less interesting it becomes.”

“…captures our anguished striving to crawl out of our own morass.”