Sallitt's true gift is in capturing the rhythm of casual, unaffected conversation and how it can obliquely reveal character.

| Jun 5, 2021

Sallitt finds the right narrative pulse for this slight tale, which develops with emotional insight and cerebral pragmatism.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 30, 2021

With astonishingly economical edits, Sallitt let us witness the passage of time without missing a beat. With his extremely slim and straightforward filmmaking, Sallitt accomplishes something that is both deeply poignant and beautiful.

| Feb 12, 2021

Features fine performances by both lead actresses, and expertly shows the ways people's lives slowly evolve throughout their 20s, with boyfriends appearing and disappearing

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 22, 2021

Fourteen feels almost like a collection of journal or diary entries, devastating moments in these lives that will flash forward at the drop of a hat

| Sep 10, 2020

Figuring out if we can be can continue to be someone's person in a steady continuum of such moments is the question Fourteen asks, artfully, and on its own terms.

| Jun 22, 2020

Fourteen's ambitions are a bit grander than its execution, but Sallitt, who is a film critic in addition to director, is grappling seriously with form as he examines what's in a friendship.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 16, 2020

Consistently filled with wise insights into the nature of human connections and the general ennui of millennial life, seeking stability where there is none to be found.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 9, 2020

There's nothing in Fourteen that moviegoers have not seen before, but the empathetic performances by both Medel and Kuhling make this a journey worth taking.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 5, 2020

A deep dive into the complexity and soft trauma of seeing those we idolized as kids through fresh eyes and what exactly to make of that new vantage.

| Original Score: B+ | May 29, 2020

So much of moviemaking is the art of selection -- what goes in, what gets left out -- and Dan Sallitt's Fourteen is a gem of that art.

| Original Score: 4/4 | May 29, 2020

I can't say that Fourteen is entirely free of false notes, but this quietly affecting and carefully observed movie takes us off the usual hyperbolic movie track, bringing us down to earth.

| May 28, 2020

[Dan] Sallitt and his two prodigious actresses transport us to a universe that is as simple as it is intelligent, as luminous as it is painful at the same time. [Full Review in Spanish]

| May 28, 2020

Something about Fourteen feels downright retro...as if it was made in another era.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 23, 2020

Fourteen generates important insights on mental illness and relationships, proving that friendships deepen over time no matter the circumstance.

| Original Score: B | May 22, 2020

The rare movie that intelligently and compassionately honors the push-pull dynamic between two young women, a pair of Brooklynites whose tight bond began when they were children but is starting to fray.

| May 22, 2020

...a friendship between two young women unfolds over the course of decades in casual flits and near-imperceptible time jumps, but the cumulative effect of their drifting intimacy packs a profound punch.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 20, 2020

The film's rhythm might sound jarring on paper, but Fourteen is more a work of structural playfulness and experimentation than gimmicky manipulation.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 20, 2020

Made for less than $100,000 by critic and writer Dan Sallit, "Fourteen" is a lo-fi wonder, long on talk and short on setting - the kind of small, intimate film John Cassavetes used to make.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 18, 2020

Each moment reveals or conveys something crucial about the pair's dynamic, and the dry, Whit Stillman-like dialogue adds a welcome layer of levity.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 18, 2020