With Phantom Halo, Bogdanovich, an actress who’s been playing bit parts since her first uncredited appearance in her father’s “The Last Picture Show,” shows that she has a knack for directing actors and building a visually appealing story.
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Village VoiceSimon Abrams
Village VoiceSimon Abrams
Sleepy domestic-abuse/coming-of-age melodrama Phantom Halo never goes anywhere memorable because its two main characters don't consistently act like they're afraid of their big bad dad.
Although the performances, including that of Rebecca Romijn channeling Cybill Shepherd as a femme fatale type, are sturdy, their characters have been given absolutely nowhere interesting to go.
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Slant MagazineOleg Ivanov
Slant MagazineOleg Ivanov
A genre mishmash cobbled together from the refuse of disparate visual and narrative modes.