Reconstruction 2003

Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly: Eventually it all starts to feel like an extended European perfume ad: pretty but eye-rollingly pretentious. Read more

Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: Like love itself, Reconstruction works on an irrational, off-kilter plane, filled with elation, regret and elusive second chances. Read more

Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: Boe can be forgiven for occasionally bringing Reconstruction ... to the brink of pretension. It's his first full- length feature, and this is the mark of a novice. He makes up for it with a natural's gift for storytelling and eye for casting. Read more

Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: This is Boe's first full-length film, but he already works the art form like a master. He proves he understands love lost and the hungry yearning burning inside love found. Read more

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Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Boe's notion of cinema as a glamorous art is apparent, but his sense of narrative mystery tends to err on the side of pretentiousness. Read more

Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times: It creditably re-creates the hesitation, creeping doubt and fear that attend life-shaping decision, especially in love. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The film's mood of fractured anxiety and longing made me eager to see what the director, Christoffer Boe, does next. Read more

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: Reconstruction works more resonantly as a cerebral exercise than an emotional voyage. Read more

Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: Languorous art movie. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Ultimately, the narrative becomes too hypothetical for its good, but it succeeds in holding one's attention with its romantic intensity and sheer old-fashioned glamour. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: Christoffer Boe's self-assured first feature is a moody, enigmatic love story set in the cool elegance of Copenhagen's classical squares and modernist hotels. Read more

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Lisa Nesselson, Variety: Valiant attempt to innovate in the well-trod realm of Boy Meets Girl doesn't quite coalesce despite a thoughtful and distinctive visual approach. Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Boe is able -- barely -- to have things both ways. 'It is all film,' the narrator concludes. 'Even so, it hurts.' Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: It manages to engage you on the literal -- the immediate story, that is -- and the abstract. Read more