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Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: Mr. Green has a sense of proportion and taste. No scene goes on for a beat longer than it should. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: You have to bring a lot of yourself to this film if you want it to give something back, but the rewards are considerable. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: One of the most striking and affecting American independent films of the year, heralding the arrival of a formidable young talent in Green. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: It's possible to keep one's feet on the ground and still appreciate the film's quiet verbal and visual poetry. Read more
Paul Tatara, CNN.com: It offers a generous amount of treasures, if you summon the patience to sit through it. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Brave and thoughtful and aesthetically pleasing. Read more
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: A gracious sleepwalk of a movie that could have used a firmer strut. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It remembers a summer that was not a happy summer, but there will never again be a summer so intensely felt, so alive, so valuable. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Not like any other movie. That, in itself, makes it something to see. Read more