“Boy-crazy on the surface, but interested in sisterhood at heart.”
“… spends too much time exploring depths that are pedestrianly psychological.”
“Mungiu offers a contemporary portrait intent on exploring society’s messy seams.”
“A whistleblower movie that doesn’t quite know what to do with the fact that no one seems to have heard the whistle…”
“… grabs you by the throat, then sticks in it.”
“… chilling and numbing.”
“… best as a meditation on and demonstration of the craft of acting.”
“A surrealist burst of artistic angst…”
“… creates a permeable world, in which unspoken fears and dreams seep into the mundanity of everyday life.”