7.5
… these sorts of docos actually tend to work best when their format is formulaic and unadventurous, and that’s the case here.
9.5
… utterly immersive and highly enjoyable. It’s well acted, and the script is sagacious about marriage, relationships and (philosophically) life in general.
7.5
... dramatically effective, suspenseful and tautly directed ...
8
What might have amounted to mere melodrama — and it is undeniably over-the-top at times — is actually an involving and sometimes moving drama, its slow build-up vindicated by the
9
… it’s not just an exercise in courage; it’s terrific and powerful …
8
... a rattling good yarn ...
9.5
... haunting, and it’s both subtle and intense. And it’s great.
8.5
… intensely effective …
8
… dialogue-driven, and touching but intermittently cerebral …
6
… woefully overlong for such a (ahem) paper-thin idea …