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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 40
    Time Out New York |

    Clichd and formulaic. Read full review

  • 25
    San Francisco Chronicle | Walter Addiego

    The bad news is that the characters and situations are platitudes and the story is so heavy-handed that the film is hard to sit through. Read full review

  • 25
    New York Post | V.A. Musetto

    Makes little attempt to be credible or original. And the acting is poor. Read full review

  • 20
    Village Voice | Melissa Anderson

    Misery pile-up. Read full review

  • 20
    Los Angeles Times |

    The whole thing plays like a bad Equity-waiver one-act. Read full review

  • 10
    The New York Times | Jeannette Catsoulis

    This laughably clichd dive into sexual masochism and hardscrabble survival replaces story with outline and characters with place holders. Read full review

  • 10
    Variety |

    A waste of a talented, earnest cast, this borderline offensive indie, set for an Oct. 2 limited release, shouldn't take up too much valuable theater space before fading away. Read full review

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