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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenThe film is just another fantasy of living only the good portions of the life of an artist.
- 50Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLos Angeles TimesKatie WalshThe luminous Garrett shines as Brenda, emerging from her shell. Hauptman manages to sand down David's spiky edges. The supporting characters, unfortunately, are two-dimensional and less charismatic.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleFortunately, Beau Garrett brightens things up with her performance as the neurotic Brenda.
- 40Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyVillage VoiceSherilyn ConnellyIn Stereo is not without its merits, but it doesn't really get going until the last ten minutes, which play like the opening of a movie that would be much more interesting than the one that preceded them.
- This is a tedious modern romance that thinks it’s spouting universal truths when it’s actually as myopically narcissistic as the two leads.
- 30The DissolveMike D'AngeloThe DissolveMike D'AngeloThe film isn’t remotely funny or insightful enough to justify spending an hour and a half in such intensely disagreeable company.
- 30Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenWhen this stereotype masquerades as a storyline, it needs to have a unique spin or radical narrative disruption for it to stand out from all the other self-made movies about white male artists with girl problems and self-worth issues. In Stereo is not the movie that stands out from the rest.
- 12RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyRogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyFilms don't have to feature likable people to be successful. Far from it. But a film has to let us know why we want to watch these people. Like its lead character, In Stereo does not want to do the necessary work.