sluggish and unconvincing; Unfortunately, the themes don't resonate in sufficiently powerful fashion to compensate for the film's sluggish pacing and strained melodramatics; A Violent Separation proves mostly tedious and forgettable
Goetz' latest feature may get bogged down by a flat, made-for-TV look/feel, yet it manages to hold all of its threads together until its inevitable denouement
by Alex Saveliev [Eye for Film (UK) ]
