A work of Wong Kar-wai fan fiction, at best. One of self parody, at worst.

“…takes tragedies that have inflamed a nation – from Fruitvale to Sanford, Fla. – and brings them back down to human scale.”

“…a remarkably precise portrait of a certain sort of high schooler.”

“Tennessee Williams filled the tinderbox. Marlon Brando ignited it.”

“…makes me wish Allen would get men out of the picture more often.”

“…less interested in correcting the abusive patriarchy at its center than worming around in the ugliness such a power structure generates.”

“If it’s possible to overact while barely blinking, Ryan Gosling achieves it.”

“If there’s a unifying concept it’s the idea of defilement.”

“It’s in the circus that surrounds Simon where we really see Bunuel’s dark wit at play…”

“…an account of youthful disaffection being assuaged by excessive materialism.”