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

  • 78
    Austin Chronicle | Marrit Ingman

    The film has no script; it goes from moment to moment unhurriedly. Read full review

  • 75
    The Onion A.V. Club | Noel Murray

    Doesn't rise to the level of Bujalski's breakthrough feature "Mutual Appreciation," mainly because Swanberg doesn't have Bujalski's eye. Read full review

  • 75
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    Shot with intentionally banal anti-style - minimal soundtrack music, found sound, jitter-cam - the movie achieves a wisdom that's bigger than it seems. Read full review

  • 70
    L.A. Weekly | Scott Foundas

    Like most of the men in the film, we would happily follow her anywhere. Read full review

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Carina Chocano

    There's something to be said for cinema this perversely naturalistic. Read full review

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    What defines the slacker-geek twentysomething men and women who wander through Joe Swanberg's too-hip-to-be-romantic comedy Hannah Takes the Stairsis that they treat their libidos as minor accessories -- only to stammer through every casual conversation as if they were on a first Internet date. Read full review

  • 60
    Salon.com | Andrew O'Hehir

    The film's intimacy never feels fake, it's sporadically and unpredictably funny (I didn't exactly enjoy the cacophonous trumpet duet of the "1812 Overture," but I won't soon forget it), and the nonprofessional cast is surprisingly good. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    Though it has merit and is recommended for the curious and adventurous, Joe Swanberg's film wears out its welcome about halfway through its 83 minutes. I'd say it doesn't go anywhere, but that's the point of these movies. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times |

    Less notable for its story than for what the movie itself represents: an evolutionary entry in the so-called Do It Yourself (or D.I.Y.) independent film movement. Read full review

  • 30
    Variety | Joe Leydon

    Has the unmistakable look and feel of a micro-budget indie produced for a small circle of friends, many of whom are listed in the credits. Read full review

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