Perfect Sisters 2014

Dennis Harvey, Variety: A cartoonish and crudely staged dramatization of a disturbing true crime. Read more

Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: The film owes whatever persuasiveness it has to the teen leads' sharp performances - their sisterly chemistry and their filial friction with an alcohol-addled mother, well played by Mira Sorvino. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: This kind of thing requires a velvet touch, though director Stanley M. Brooks hits only hammer-heavy notes. Read more

Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: Ms. Breslin and especially Ms. Henley are quite good, elevating a film that seems like an oft-told tale. Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: There must have been a better way to enter into this promising script than with cheesy kite-flying on the beach and slo-mo waves. Read more

Sherrie Li, Village Voice: Any potential for an in-depth examination of the adolescent psyche pushed to its limits goes unmet, though not for lack of trying. Read more