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

  • 75
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Wilmington

    It's only a mild disappointment. The talent is still there, the film better than most. It just needs less crime, more love. Read full review

  • 75
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    It's a heartfelt movie that could have used a zigzaggier undercurrent, though Olyphant, in the sort of role that Paul Newman used to swagger through, has a star's easy command. Read full review

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Frank Scheck

    Lacks the subtle power of the previous two efforts, although boasting effective performances from its terrific cast. Read full review

  • 63
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea

    Nunez's dialogue, and the paces he puts this threesome through, just don't ring true. Coastlines is the stuff of pulp, seriously at odds with what the writer-director has always done best. That is, show the inner workings of people, their needs, their fears, their small dreams. Read full review

  • 60
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    A melodramatic step backward for writer-director Victor Nunez after his last two pictures, the first-rate "Ruby in Paradise" and "Ulee's Gold." Read full review

  • 60
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    A larger problem is the film's attempt to piece together a hard-boiled crime drama with a soft-boiled soap opera, ultimately giving precedence to the suds and adding a sickly lemon scent. Read full review

  • 58
    The Onion A.V. Club | Keith Phipps

    That love triangle is Coastlines' center. Trouble is, it plays more like canned heat than blazing inferno. Read full review

  • 50
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    Nunez's fans will appreciate his ability to evoke a palpable atmosphere. But there's just not enough spark in his scorched setting. Read full review

  • 40
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Crust

    For fans of Nunez's previous work, it's almost as if he put in all the clichs he would normally avoid and left out the wonderfully textured internal moments that made "Ruby" and "Ulee's Gold" unique. Read full review

  • 40
    Village Voice | Michael Atkinson

    For some fans, the taste of on-location color matters most, but Nuez's idea of the characters' ordinariness translates to flavorlessness. Read full review

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