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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottThere are no simple answers or obvious conclusions to be gleaned from this movie, which, like its soundtrack, is both sad and vibrant, meandering and formally sure-footed. It is an exciting debut, and a film that, without exaggeration or false modesty, finds interest and feeling in the world just as it is.
- 80Village VoiceErnest HardyVillage VoiceErnest HardyTender, smart, soulful.
- 75The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayMedicine For Melancholy offers a personal spin on the "walking around a city" genre.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe film falters only when it eavesdrops briefly on a passionate public discussion of rent control and gentrification. The moment is out of keeping with the carefree nature of the rest of the movie.
- 70Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyLos Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyThe narrative, at times, veers into overstatement, but for the most part we're allowed to eavesdrop on their self-examination guilt-free.
- 60SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirSo subtle and subdued that it nearly undercuts itself. I'd describe it, in fact, as a film that doesn't quite work -- but the way it doesn't work is so distinctive and so interesting that it marks Jenkins as an exciting new face on the American indie scene.
- 50Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesWyatt Cenac, the latest addition to "The Daily Show" With Jon Stewart, is the best reason to see this easygoing romantic comedy.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe film does not lack for ambition both in terms of its themes and artistic design. Consequently, his (Jenkins) feature debut, while not flashy, shows promise. Clearly, here is a young filmmaker who wants to tell stories rather than deliver shocks and sensation.
- 50New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinJenkins is so desperate to give his love story a social and economic context that he stops the movie cold for a bunch of unrelated white people to articulate their grievances over gentrification--it's as if "Annie Hall" had paused for a seminar on agrarian reform.
- 40New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierCenac is witty and Heggins has a wary stillness, but the movie itself seems too shy to let them really engage each other.