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25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyWorking toward its refreshingly light but utterly apt ending, the film teems with insights into the human condition revealed by an unusually smart script and a wonderfully committed cast. It's a truly fine work.
- 90SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekVirtually nothing at all is wrapped up in The Lawless Heart, which is probably why it feels so satisfyingly whole by the end.
- 80L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonFor these gifted directors and their fine ensemble, the notion that every life forms into a mosaic of intimate, largely unobserved details is the story most worth telling.
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanPerfectly modulated in its tone and performances, Lawless Heart is content to be a small, quiet film. We could use a few more like it.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe purpose of the movie is perhaps to show us, in a quietly amusing way, that while we travel down our own lifelines, seeing everything from our own points of view, we hardly suspect the secrets of the lives we intersect with.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaA little like a British Eric Rohmer film -- a lot of talk, and a lot of talk about love and relationships -- Lawless Heart has wit and a winning charm.
- 70VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyThis slyly humorous, cleverly constructed comedy-drama wends its way through different takes on similar time frames to a warm, inclusive ending.
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenGimmickry is death to this sort of artsy endeavour -- it turns a movie with a small budget into a small movie.
- 63New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoIt takes a while to get used to the fractured narrative, but once done it is easy to put your mind on autopilot and go with the offbeat characters and events.
- 30Film ThreatPhil HallFilm ThreatPhil HallAbout as funny as a funeral.