Jimmy P. 2013

Kyle Smith, New York Post: 'Tell a dream, lose a reader" is the Henry James advice that the makers of "Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian" should have heeded. Read more

Mike D'Angelo, AV Club: The film is nearly devoid of the sense of mystery and wonder that usually permeates Desplechin's work, and features only a meager handful of his signature expressionistic interludes. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Avoiding the usual therapy-drama story beats, Desplechin has made a densely satisfying drama about Freud, racism, and sympathy in its largest sense. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: A fascinating cross-cultural experiment that eventually runs itself into the ground. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: Honestly, it's hard to see why "Jimmy P." was ever made. Read more

Jordan Hoffman, Film.com: Just "not-horrible" enough, yet are still thoroughly and transcendently boring Read more

David Denby, New Yorker: This intelligent movie becomes a gentle reproof of prejudice and ignorance, and I wish I could find some excitement in it. Read more

Mark Jenkins, NPR: Jimmy P. tells the more-or-less-true story of two men's friendship and one man's recovery. Beneath that, though, is a meditation on exile and lost identity in which very different people share remarkably similar circumstances. Read more

Jordan Hoffman, New York Daily News: Benicio Del Toro's sad, penetrating eyes loom heavy in this intellectually intriguing but sadly dull biopic. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: [A] ruminative, gentle and absorbing new film. Read more

Keith Uhlich, Time Out: Del Toro and Amalric's many analytic interactions come to feel like arias; Desplechin's films often have this intimately, unsettlingly operatic feel, as if the camera were recording a performance for proscenium at too close a range Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice: This is a superb, engrossing picture, strange in all the right ways, and one I long to see again. Read more