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Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comThis film tells us that the gulf between what we want to know and what we can know may never be illuminated.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckSacrifices its potentially compelling central storyline to an elaborate, meta-style intermingling of supposed fiction and reality that turns out to be far more confusing than intriguing.
- 50Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenWhile German actor Fürmann and especially Kingsley engage in a nimbly calculated game of cat and mouse, the film’s coup de grace fails to land with the intended punch.
- 40The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThe movie’s structural dynamics make it play like a cross between “Nocturnal Animals” and “Sleuth.” But the stagings are stilted; the relations between the conflicted characters never catch fire.
- 38Slant MagazineDavid RobbSlant MagazineDavid RobbThe film evinces neither the visceral pleasures of noir nor the precision to uncover deeper thematic resonances.