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Jessica Reaves, Chicago Tribune: In the end, Lila Says is far less interesting than its premise, primarily because we never know what anyone is really thinking. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Though beautifully photographed, there's something creepy at the heart of Lila Says. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: An underdeveloped exercise in carnal awakening that thinks its characters are far more special than they ever prove to be. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Raw, earthy yet tender and perceptive, Lila Says marks a strong directorial debut for Doueiri. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: [An] unabashedly erotic cross-cultural love story. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Doueiri ... imposes a grungy beauty on the lovebirds and their no-exit backdrop. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: You can see where this one is going early on, but that does not diminish the shock and allure of Giocante's unrelenting provocateur. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: You won't be as easily impressed. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: The director has an intuitive, buoyant sympathy for young people. Read more
Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle: Mostly succeeds in conveying the real- life risks that disgruntled teens will take to prove they're more powerful, more sexy and more in control than they really are. Read more
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: A vagina monologue scripted by a ventriloquist. Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: As sweet as it is dirty. Read more