Their script is infused with the romantic highs and lows of a million country songs. But it's the haunting melody, soaked in longing and agony that words can convey only in small part, that really gets you.

| Feb 3, 2020

Just more art house malarkey...

| Apr 29, 2009

Aspires to tell us something revealing about compromised souls.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 20, 2009

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 21, 2006

...a sporadically well-acted curiosity.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 5, 2006

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 30, 2006

Impressively directed, low-key drama that really gets under your skin, thanks to strong performances from its three leads.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 29, 2006

Korzun . . . is a non-presence, a brittle facade . . . a sketchy screenplay [adds up to] Zero Depths of Feeling . . . a flat, tasteless, faux-Euromance.

Full Review | May 11, 2006

It contains some very good performances and some finely observed writing.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 2, 2006

... both emotionally captivating and elusive ...

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

"Forty Shades of Blue" might have benefited from a little more honest melodrama, as the film is so subtle at times that it barely registers.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 12, 2006

The magnificent Korzun ... [delivers] a performance of internalized anguish.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 20, 2005

Ira Sachs' story of hereditary malaise, passed from father to son, will disappoint anyone looking for a propulsive narrative or slam-bang excitement. But it will amply reward patient viewers who prefer a slow burn.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 8, 2005

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 6, 2005

A nicely tuned American indie drama in a minor key...

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 27, 2005

The characters are going through significant life crises, yet we're given no particular reason to like them or be interested.

Full Review | Nov 23, 2005

[Torn's] acting so well he not only creates this character, but makes him into an object lesson.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 3, 2005

Forty Shades of Blue hits you like a shot of moonshine whiskey. Right in the gut, with a buzz that just keeps going.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Nov 3, 2005

A so-what time waster.

| Oct 29, 2005

A nuanced meditation on the context of happiness and the problem with great expectations.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Oct 28, 2005