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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Neither sentimental nor cruel, yet touching and trenchant, the movie sustains a profound ambivalence right up to the final shot.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceIf you can look past the film's inexplicably straight face, Two Drifters is an enjoyably daffy picture.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThough the film contains many haunting images, the absence of a solid emotional foundation makes its increasingly preposterous story developments feel arbitrary and ultimately pointless.
- With a title nicked from "Breakfast at Tiffany's," Two Drifters styles itself as a classical romance, albeit one in which half the couple is either deceased or deranged.
- 40L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorThe setup and execution of this quietly histrionic tale of the distorting power of thwarted love are so patently ridiculous that the urge to laugh gets in the way.
- 25Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneWith a weak script, utterly unsympathetic characters and a nonsensical plot, it can barely keep plodding along.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleJohn McMurtrieSan Francisco ChronicleJohn McMurtrieAn overwrought weepie, it may be inspired by the recent dramas of Pedro Almodóvar, but it comes off as Almodóvar Lite -- muy lite.
- 12New York PostNew York PostIt's hard to say what's worse in the strange Portuguese drama Two Drifters: the insufferable wordless stretches, or the sudsy dialogue.