its message is timeless; It can best be defined a cautionary tale dedicated to the fragility of the family structure in the United States, a showcase of a radically talented filmmaker and a dedication to the painful reality of love
a riveting and restrained autopsy of a marriage in free fall; [the movie] represents a leap forward for Machoian who somewhat scales up, creating a hauntingly personal portrait of a couple at a crossroads struggling in more ways that one to get by
a portrait of a marriage in crisis that's quite distressing in its most blistering, brutal moments, yet also achingly tender at other times, receptive to the possibility of healing and always grounded in what feels like honest experience
a marital separation pains the husband protagonist of Robert Machoian's stark, stripped-down but empathetic indie drama; This first solo feature is an arresting auteurist miniature..