“Trembling with vulnerability, Lauren
Ambrose is positively devastating”
—Rex Reed, The New York Observer

“An emotionally moving and stylistically
impressive piece of work”
—Josef Woodard, The Santa Barbara Independent

“Smart, suspenseful, intimate film”
—Kim Voynar, Movie City News (named a Top Ten Notable Indie of 2011)

“A jaw-dropping, entirely magnetic spectacle”
—Robert Bell, Exclaim

“Ambrose’s performance in this film is something of a revelation.”
—Paul Bower, Tiny Mix Tapes

“A worthwhile recession-era drama built
around a terrific performance”
—Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

“Captures the stress bearing down on many
American families in a way that few others
have, or have even attempted to”
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter

“I can't remember the last time I was so truly
and totally captivated by an FFF feature –
and maybe by a movie in general”
—Steve Schneider, Orlando Weekly

“Raises interesting questions about the claims
of parenthood, privilege, and the complicated
ethics of love”
—Susanna Locascio, Hammer to Nail

“It’s Ambrose’s best performance yet in
this intimate film about the most pressing
issue in America”
—Tony Wong, Toronto.com

“A sensitive evocation of a struggle that
is all too believable”
—Julian Carrignton, Sound on Sight

“Ambrose is marvelous as Angela, able to
sustain a delicate, about-to-crack facade
until the film’s wrenching finale”
—John Semley, Torontoist

“Recalls the work of established American
realists Kelly Reichardt and Ramin Bahrani”
—Julian Carrington, blogto.com

“Ambrose brings a ferocious intensity to
her role. It's a powerful portrayal of the despair many American families are facing today”
— David Silverberg, Digital Journal

“Wizemann’s film becomes both modern tragedy and triumph”
— Royal Young, The Lo-Down

“Films like this are inevitable, and important”
—Toby Moses, Lost in the Multiplex