Fascinating movie. Funny, way off-kilter, for fans of the deadest of deadpans. I feel like if I watched it again, it’d be a whole new experience. That’s a rare thing.

| Nov 20, 2024

Arnow puts a fresh spin on an old story–that of a New York woman’s sex life–with dry and acerbic wit, as well as a mind to show the “normalcy” of BDSM.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Oct 8, 2024

The movie uses humor and irony to highlight the contradictions and frustrations of contemporary life. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 18, 2024

Arnow’s really good at characters like Ann, deeply embedded in the self-deprecation game, as well as matter-of-factly etching modern matters sexual... Arnow and the movie don’t settle for simple answers.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jul 4, 2024

This film is not for everyone. But if you're into radical dreariness, Arnow is definitely one to watch.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 27, 2024

This is a sort of twist on the idealistic businesswoman seeking more in life movie, and maybe it’s a twist of a knife to the belly. A modern laugh-out-loud classic.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 29, 2024

The performances are meant to seem somewhat flat, but that only seems to add to the movie’s expressive and distinct voice.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 24, 2024

Joanna Arnow's off-putting yet oddly compelling portrait of a woman drifting through life, from BDSM relationships to a stultifying corporate job to her bothersome family.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 18, 2024

Viewers of this unique but often-repetitive film about BDSM sex and social isolation must be willing to appreciate the very dry and deadpan comedy that is the opposite of Woody Allen's talkative and fidgety films about neurotic New Yorkers.

| May 18, 2024

Consider that if Woody Allen had been born a woman and had showcased nudity in his works, plus sported a strong "female gaze," we might not need Ms. Arnow to direct films, but since Woody wasn't, doesn't, and hasn't, Ms. Arnow fills a huge vacancy.

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 17, 2024

Fifty shades of day-to-day funny. Joanna Arnow represents cinema’s next wave of exciting filmmakers.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 16, 2024

Plays like a Daniel Clowes graphic novel come to life. Odd and a little difficult, but it demystifies sexual kink and its strength as a comedy is that it's willing to go there.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 14, 2024

... gives new and unexpected, but by no means unwelcome, meaning to cringe comedy. Deadpan and droll in equal measure, Joanna Arnow’s film brilliantly and hilariously examines millennial angst through the discomfiting lens of BDSM..

| May 11, 2024

Some films are destined for nervous laughter, with enough of a pungent aftertaste to linger. This is one of them.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 3, 2024

The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed would be much more compelling if it revealed more of Ann’s identity and emotions. Viewers will come away wishing she would just express herself.

| May 2, 2024

While Arnow’s deadpan humor may not be for everyone, her film has a welcome amount of sensitivity at its core.

| May 1, 2024

Arnow’s filmmaking is so distinctive, exacting, and confident that there is masochistic pleasure to be had just in vibing with Ann’s sad little life.

| Apr 30, 2024

Arnow tries to resurrect zombie chuckles out of the pathetic, and as I say, where you find your humor is your business.

| Apr 29, 2024

Arnow’s poignant and original performance—refined in its awkwardness, exalted in its degradation, touched with grace in its rude self-presentation—is a double masterwork of acting and directing.

| Apr 29, 2024

The most remarkable thing about the film is that what "society" may think is extreme (submissive/master kink) is filtered through the most mundane & authentic of lives. It's the mendacity of work, parents and everyday life that makes this perfect. Arnow!

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 28, 2024