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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Film ThreatRon WellsFilm ThreatRon WellsIt's a harsh lesson, but this movie is more than able to grab and hold your attention for it. I just wouldn't bring a date.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA modest pleasure that accomplishes its goals with ease and confidence.
- 40The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensThe visual intensity and the relentless degradation visited on the characters begins to feel prurient and dishonest.
- 40L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonThe director pulls back from the hotel, placing it against the skyline of our beautiful city, which appears to be waiting, patiently, for a more original exploration of its inhabitants.
- 38New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickNever decides whether it wants to be a black comedy, drama, melodrama or some combination of the three. The acting and direction are all over the map in this consistently depressing, if occasionally interesting, slice of life.
- 30Village VoiceMark HolcombVillage VoiceMark HolcombRifkin milks the generic Bukowski-land setting for all its melodramatic potential, but what little grace his tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics.
- 30New Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufNew Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufIt's Tommy's job to clean the peep booths surrounding her, and after viewing this one, you'll feel like mopping up, too.
- 25New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanAdam Rifkin's dank, relentless drama puts you savagely through the wringer without bothering to enlighten or entertain.
- 20TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxWhile the homeless, the mentally ill and the generally downtrodden are scattered about like so much shabby furniture, Rifkin has no qualms about wallowing in their filth, but he misses the tragedy of their lives -- just as he misses everything else.