| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Has a lot going for it, but in the end has all the depth of a scratch-and-sniff card." more... |
C |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...sensory overload." more... |
C+ |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"It took imagination to tell it, courage to film it, thought to act it, and from the audience it requires a brave curiosity about the peculiarity of obsession." more... |
A |
filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
"...it smells of something a few steps down from Aqua Velva." more... |
D+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Bernard Besserglik |
"...succeeds reasonably well in achieving what many said was beyond the scope of cinema: conveying the world of scent and smell." more... |
B |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...this unusual film holds interest for 2 1/2 hours and is so visually vivid you can practically smell many of the scenes." more... |
B |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"...the only smell produced by these long, breathy close-ups is a metaphorical one, a foul, stale odor traceable back to the movie itself." more... |
C |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...beautiful in its ugliness." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...stunningly rendered, disturbing to watch, perverse and, ultimately, emotionally hollow." more... |
C+ |
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