34
Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe film stays afloat, if barely, thanks to Elliot Davis's uncluttered camerawork, a surprisingly unsentimental denouement, and performers who deftly undersell the script's corniest pretensions.
- This quiet, atmospheric drama (originally titled "A Year in Mooring") feels padded even in its brief running time; it's a slight mood piece posing as a character study.
- 40Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichThis is a man-versus-nature parable heavy on the sappy existentialism that's very much of our time. Call it Nicholas Sparks's The Grey.
- 40New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThe film doesn't play games; it's basically just Lucas going through a short story-like period of reflection and redemption almost entirely without dialogue. It's not enough, but it is what this underappreciated actor does best.
- 40The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenMuch of the skimpy, waterlogged dialogue in Peter Vanderwall's screenplay is heavy with portent. Excerpts from Homer's "Odyssey" and Longfellow's "Children's Hour" add to the tonnage.
- 38Slant MagazineBill WeberSlant MagazineBill WeberA banal "poetic" drama of a grieving stranger licking his wounds in a bayside Michigan town.
- 30Arizona RepublicArizona RepublicThe movie is plagued with long stretches of dialogue-free contemplation and static shots of nature happening. At only 83 minutes, the film is too slight to feel so padded.
- 0New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithThe movie seems to think it's building up massive suspense by not telling us our hero's back story, but given that the wife and kid aren't around and he keeps telling people who ask that he's not divorced, it's obvious they're dead. The only mystery, then, is what exactly happened to them. The answer is: nothing interesting.