The convincing characters and hearty examination of mortality make this fresh and oddly uplifting.

| Jun 28, 2022

A dreamy but tough ensemble indie that delivers its existential angst with a straight-up Aussie drawl.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 25, 2006

While [director Sarah] Watt begins to offer an interesting study in paranoia, tinged with some good comic moments, her multi-stranded plot and last-minute recourse to romance ultimately lost the interest of this viewer.

| Aug 24, 2006

Lapses in judgement occasionally jar -- like the habit of playing middle of the road ballads over key scenes -- but the central romance is touching enough to lock us in while bringing out the moral of this story.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 22, 2006

A black-humored screenplay, realistic performances, eye-catching artwork, and a few creative turns on some well-worn themes.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 21, 2006

Filled with aloof and confused characters just treading water, and even if they are likable, it eventually becomes tiresome. It's like one big pity party.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 14, 2006

It's the type of film in which a character sits next to his work acquaintance for a few moments, then asks, 'Do you believe in God?'

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 8, 2006

| Original Score: A- | Jun 24, 2006

How each person copes with trauma and renewal adds up to a tender tale rich in memorable performances.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 16, 2006

The bottom line is that none of this goes anywhere beyond a droning funeral procession.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 9, 2006

The film itself is beautifully done.

Full Review | May 16, 2006

... deliriously inventive ...

Full Review | May 12, 2006

Though Watt's emphasis on coincidence and fate seems strained at times, Look Both Ways is rich in dreamy summer atmosphere and deadpan wit.

| May 11, 2006

An imaginative, humorous and truthful contemplation of human reaction to the inexplicable.

| May 5, 2006

Watt's characters ... laugh at themselves and their dark obsessions, and there's something optimistic in the filmmaker's clear-eyed, straightforward storytelling style.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 5, 2006

... a fearless movie about a fearful subject, an unusually empathetic and quite funny film that deals with death and dying in the most offbeat and casually life-affirming way.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 28, 2006

I watched the movie in a kind of fascination. It is poetic and unforgiving, romantic and stark.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 28, 2006

... a surprisingly (and inexplicably) uplifting meditation on the myriad ways life makes us all acutely miserable.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 27, 2006

After the first hour, it's clear the movie isn't going to offer any surprising new insights into messed-up modernity.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Apr 20, 2006

The much-honored Australian dramedy Look Both Ways may be the type of film that provides a purifying rain just when its beleaguered characters need it.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 14, 2006