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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumA must-see.
- 75San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisThere's enough sexual manic depression to justify house calls from Dr. Laura.
- 75Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerKahn manages to turn his feast of flesh, navel-gazing talk and self-destructive jealousy into a thoughtful reflection on the subject.
- 70TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghCatches you with a creepy sucker punch.
- 63New York PostHannah BrownNew York PostHannah BrownTalky, overlong and, ultimately, just as predictable and repetitive as the maddening relationship it depicts.
- 63New York Daily NewsNew York Daily NewsOnly mildly interesting.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenOverly schematic, not always believable in its crude sexual mechanics and ultimately unsensual. But it lays out the laws of erotic attraction with a brutal directness that is downright scary.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittEnergetic acting and directing make it a less exasperating experience than it might have been.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt's a movie about an idiot in the grip of something common place. He starts off as a garden-variety idiot and progresses to a big idiot.
- 40L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyL.A. WeeklyErnest HardyAs exasperating as it is insightful. The film ultimately falters, though, because it's so resolutely old-fashioned.