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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The Film StageJacob OllerThe Film StageJacob OllerMarrero delivers a wonderful performance culminating in a final twenty minutes that open her character’s eyes wide enough to acknowledge how much of D. has rubbed off on her.
- 75Slant MagazineJake ColeSlant MagazineJake ColeThere’s a hint of Jane Campion’s own uncanny perversion of the banal throughout Lara Jean Gallagher’s film.
- 75RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comAt its best is more a mood piece than a narrative, an exploration of the shifting power in relationships with striking images and overtones of duality. But at its weakest, it is more of a workshop than a story — the ultimate resolution, like the story Lana tells that gives the film its name, is less meaningful than it aspires to be.
- 70Film ThreatLorry KiktaFilm ThreatLorry KiktaA beautifully told, deeply personal story ... for people who can dig the mumblecore.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreWriter-director Lara Gallagher can be praised for avoiding the “gay porn cliches” this story could have devolved into. But she shoots for a thriller tone with this, and beat that notion into Katy Jarzebowsk, who did the “tenterhooks” thriller score.
- 60It’s too early to state for sure, but restraint appears to be one of Gallagher’s gifts — the kind that rewards moviegoing patience. With this first feature, Gallagher spins a yarn, also peeling a story of attraction and power, identity and coming-of-agency. Only this Clementine is no toss off.
- 45TheWrapSteve PondTheWrapSteve PondThe approach is dramatic and artful, to a degree, but also so studied and stylized that you yearn for some kind of release – and after about an hour, it becomes wearying unless you’re fully submerged in this world.
- 40The New York TimesDevika GirishThe New York TimesDevika GirishAlthough the camera’s attention to faces and gazes, coupled with an eerie soundtrack, conjures a vague mood of suspense and seduction, the plot fizzles out quickly without any real provocations.
- 38ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThere’s a tiny problem, though: Clementine is neither erotic nor a thriller.
- 25The PlaylistLena WilsonThe PlaylistLena WilsonA noir-ish melodrama so oversaturated with dourness that it borders on parody.