A trip to the dark side of the American dream, where everybody uses illusions and delusions to survive in a grimy landscape where they have no real options.

| Apr 13, 2020

I think it's a mixed bag. There are times when it was intriguing... [But] the characters weren't terribly well developed.

| Apr 12, 2020

Every time you think you're [watching] a movie you've already seen a bunch of times, it takes a left turn. I rather enjoyed that about it.

| Apr 12, 2020

The downbeat, disenfranchised "dark side of the American dream" thing has been done to death in a thousand noirs, but "Stray Dolls" elbows just enough room for itself in that crowded category...

| Apr 10, 2020

"Stray Dolls" lacks some narrative momentum, as the characters drift from petty crime to petty crime and party to party. But the film has a remarkable sense of place...

| Apr 9, 2020

Despite its sense of dead-end desperation, "Stray Dolls" is made worthwhile by the richness of Shane Sigler's nighttime cinematography and the consistent empathy of its tone.

| Apr 9, 2020

A taut and stylish thriller that manages to draw fresh blood from some very familiar territory.

| Original Score: B | May 2, 2019

An emotionally driven crime drama following two disenfranchised young women determined to seize control of their lives on their own terms.

| Apr 28, 2019