Unmade Beds 2009

Kevin B. Lee, Time Out: The conventions of contemporary youth culture and cinema could both use a change of sheets. Read more

Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader: Director Alexis Dos Santos stressed improvisation, and his scenes have a lingering emotional rawness, but the handheld camera work left me feeling as woozy as the characters appear to be. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Overly familiar but endearing nonetheless, this coming-of-age indie from Alexis Dos Santos is most likely to appeal to those who recognize themselves in the story's lost heroes. Read more

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Tom Huddlestone, Time Out: There's real promise in 'Unmade Beds': the photography is luminous, the direction loose but involving, the acting superb. But ultimately it's a joyless, indulgent film about joyless, indulgent people. Read more

Justin Chang, Variety: Has a lively, romantic spirit that recalls the playfulness and spontaneity of the French New Wave. Read more

Anthony Kaufman, Village Voice: Despite some missteps (a parachute metaphor is particularly belabored), the film has an intoxicating quality. Read more