A subtle, gentle movie about emotional holes and what we do to fill them.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 11, 2019

If it weren't for the kick-ass pop soundtrack, with tunes like Hot Monkey, I would have tuned out long before the last reel.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 27, 2011

Director Alexis Dos Santos stressed improvisation, and his scenes have a lingering emotional rawness, but the handheld camera work left me feeling as woozy as the characters appear to be.

| Feb 25, 2010

Light and entertaining, if a little clunky at times.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2009

Stay away action fans, this is not a film for you. But if you identify with the lifestyles of these characters, you might just find this small dreamlike film speaks to you.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2009

An easy-going, garrulous, likable piece.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2009

A keen, scruffy, colourful and buoyant film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2009

It's refreshing to see a film about youth that doesn't resort to the clichés of drug abuse gone wrong. While its lack of narrative thrust can render it a little too loose for its own good, Unmade Beds still manages to charm and entice.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 11, 2009

Reminiscent of Francois Truffaut or Wong Kar-wai at their most romantic, this, suitably enough, has cult sleeper written all over it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 11, 2009

Beautifully shot on HD video and Super 16mm, this tender film channels the romantic spirit of Wong Kar-wai, über-cool soundtrack and all.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 11, 2009

Occasionally the material gets too self-indulgently arty but the way it lingers over the small moments of human interaction more than compensates.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2009

It's rare to find a film that changes the way you see the world and puts a smile on your face. At least for a while.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 11, 2009

You could call the film either fresh and charming or hopelessly second-hand. There is, indeed, something there. But not much.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 11, 2009

Rumpled, vague and possibly a bit whiffy.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 11, 2009

It may be slight and more than a little fuzzy but there is a certain soulful charm to Unmade Beds that keeps you engaged.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2009

This atmospheric indie made by Argentine writer/director Alexis Dos Santos is fun and quietly irreverent but it's not hugely romantic.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2009

Well made, frequently charming indie drama but it's not as emotionally satisfying as it should be.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2009

Shot and edited with real skill, this warmly involving film sharply catches the perspective of two young immigrants with very personal journeys. But the script feels too tidy for the loose, relaxed filmmaking style.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 11, 2009

Such randomness never amounts to anything profound in this vapid little film, no matter how much Dos Santos dresses it up with New Wave-inspired visual flourishes and dated hipster soundtrack cues.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 11, 2009

Overly familiar but endearing nonetheless, this coming-of-age indie from Alexis Dos Santos is most likely to appeal to those who recognize themselves in the story's lost heroes.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 4, 2009