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Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Half-baked ponderings on the nature of fiction and reality. Read more
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: I would be shocked if there was actually one correct interpretation, but that shouldn't make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable. Read more
Marta Barber, Miami Herald: Medem may have disrobed most of the cast, leaving their bodies exposed, but the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt. That's why Sex and Lucia is so alluring. Read more
John Hartl, Seattle Times: Unfortunately, the plot becomes such a puzzle that the central characters lose their urgency and the movie overstays its welcome. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Medem packs it with so much stunning, wildly colorful imagery -- and so much sex -- that it transfixes you even when you're not quite sure what's going on. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: I found myself more appreciative of what the director was trying to do than of what he had actually done. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: An erotic but muddled marriage of fact and fiction, love and memory. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: The kind of trifle that date nights were invented for. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: A lot rides on coincidence. Or fate. Or the magic pull of the moon. It all makes sense in the end. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Vega is a real find. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: It's a hall of mirrors, this flick -- every one of them pretentious. Read more
Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News: While the final picture may not be quite as grand as expected upon completion, the individual pieces remain strikingly beautiful. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: [Medem] likes to toy with the mind of the audience, and he's good at it. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Between bedroom scenes, viewers may find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: While it's being the told, the story of Sex And Lucia is sufficiently seductive to keep you from noticing the holes forming in its universe. Read more
Mike D'Angelo, Time Out: So ridiculously overstuffed with rhymes, symbols, metaphors and mystical coincidences that you frequently feel as if you shouldn't be watching it so much as graphing it. Read more
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: An adept mood maker, Medem strains madly for cosmic alliances, fairy-tale imagery, and fated coincidences, but he triumphs only with two hot bodies, a cluttered apartment, and a Shower Massage. Read more