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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanSatisfies and disturbs in just about equal measure.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleA clever, atmospheric romantic drama that lacks something.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe movie is in love with its own story loops and fancy, pop-dream cinematography from Almodóvar associate Affonso Beato, which is fine; it's also in love with its own indie-culture cleverness, which isn't.
- 40L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonParkhill's heart seems to belong to 1940s film noir, where a lonely man could be driven half-mad by the sight of a mystery woman performing a hot flamenco dance, a scene Parkhill stages here to unintentional titter-inducing effect.
- 40VarietyDavid RooneyVarietyDavid RooneyBut behind its slick veneer and the glibness of its preposterous premise and dark twists, there's a yawning absence of charm or substance in this London-set love triangle, as well as a lack of chemistry between its three leads.
- 40Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoLos Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoFirst-time writer-director Matthew Parkhill prefers to lean on clever plot devices, amp up the roles of the movie's sideline jesters, crank up the static noise and fail to notice that his engaging little romance has broken with reality and veered into hollow pastiche.
- 40The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenIf Dot the i, the directorial debut of Matthew Parkhill, has a crass visual flash, it fails to give its characters any credible substance. Even after it purports to eviscerate their psyches, they remain diagrammatic contrivances.
- 30The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe plot's profound implausibility wouldn't matter if the ideas and emotions behind it had any power.
- 30Washington PostAnn HornadayWashington PostAnn HornadayIndeed it looks as if this otherwise straight-to-video endeavor, which was made in 2003, is being released only to cash in on Bernal's of-the-moment-ness in Hollywood.
- 30Village VoiceBen KenigsbergVillage VoiceBen KenigsbergThe movie finally undermines all pretensions of satire with its geeky eagerness to subvert expectations.