This film has more than aged well. It still feels incredibly socially relevant, and is also yet such an exemplar of craft execution coupled with powerful, confident and decisive direction.
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The Scary of Sixty-First 2021
Scenes that were meant to be horrifying come off as exploitative in light of how tonally confused the whole piece is.
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New Jerusalem 2011
One of the most beautifully sincere scenes in cinema that left me on the verge of tears—the one of all the men swimming beneath the bridge—is embedded within this tender, bravely patient film that, as a friend on Letterboxd aptly puts it, "critiques religion without antagonizing it." Both leads deliver incredible performances that animate their idiosyncrasies with affecting sympathy, Colm O'Leary as a weary-faced wanderer and Will Oldham as a somewhat dogmatic, but nonetheless well-intentioned, believer. It is incredible rewarding…
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Mumblecore 2011
Because the directors are presumably on drugs in almost every scene, there isn't much tension between self-representation and "realism." Indeed, their ostensible drug-induced earnestness ensures that the film itself is never boring. What is instead most interesting to ponder upon is less how the film is less a document of drug use but rather one of globalized aimlessness. Compellingly edited, the film's very webcam aesthetic makes us feel almost as if we were engaged in a feature-length Skype call, inviting…
