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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoBrims with energy, carefully drawn characters and fine acting.
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanDeftly intercutting between several tenuously-connected lives, Barbara Albert's astringent drama is transformed by bright flashes of compassion.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe parallel stories don't always dovetail with each other smoothly, but the acting is strong and the atmosphere is powerful.
- 70Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanAn intelligent, viscerally intellectual exercise in ensemble acting and associative montage, enlivened with some terrific visual and dramatic ideas.
- 70TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxAustrian auteur Barbara Albert uses complex mathematics, chaos theory and the music of Dutch pop sensation A-Ha to explore the connections that link a group of disparate characters.
- 60VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyAn often compelling drama, marbled with dry humor and flecked with the supernatural, that provides food for thought but doesn't quite reach the brass ring.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckDespite the melodramatic plot twists, there's little emotional resonance to the proceedings, and the film's attempts to link them in metaphysical fashion prove overly ambitious and pretentious.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAlthough Free Radicals overflows with messy feelings, it maintains such a measured distance from the gathered cries and whispers that it is difficult to empathize with the characters' fears and sorrows. Most of the women are victims, most of the men selfish pigs, and their stories are jarringly punctuated by brutish, joyless bouts of sex.
- 30Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumAt first I thought this was a Michael Haneke knockoff, but it's more depressing and less edifying than most of those narrative experiments, which is why I eventually tuned it out.