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“Trembling with vulnerability, Lauren Ambrose is positively devastating”
—Rex Reed, The New York Observer
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“An emotionally moving and stylistically impressive piece of work”
—Josef Woodard, The Santa Barbara Independent
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“Smart, suspenseful, intimate film”
—Kim Voynar, Movie City News (named a Top Ten Notable Indie of 2011)
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“A jaw-dropping, entirely magnetic spectacle”
—Robert Bell, Exclaim
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“Ambrose’s performance in this film is something of a revelation.”
—Paul Bower, Tiny Mix Tapes
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“A worthwhile recession-era drama built around a terrific performance”
—Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
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“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
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“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
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“Raises interesting questions about the claims of parenthood, privilege, and the complicated ethics of love”
—Susanna Locascio, Hammer to Nail
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“It’s Ambrose’s best performance yet in this intimate film about the most pressing issue in America”
—Tony Wong, Toronto.com
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“A sensitive evocation of a struggle that is all too believable”
—Julian Carrignton, Sound on Sight
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“Ambrose is marvelous as Angela, able to sustain a delicate, about-to-crack facade until the film’s wrenching finale”
—John Semley, Torontoist
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“Recalls the work of established American realists Kelly Reichardt and Ramin Bahrani”
—Julian Carrington, blogto.com
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“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
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“Wizemann’s film becomes both modern tragedy and triumph”
— Royal Young, The Lo-Down
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“Films like this are inevitable, and important”
—Toby Moses, Lost in the Multiplex