| Original Score: C+ | Feb 18, 2012

| Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 17, 2010

A deep-fried piece of Southern Gothic that wears its unpleasantness like a merit badge...

| Mar 26, 2009

Green's signature pastoral tangents and codeine pacing don't slow down this tale of two boys fleeing their psychotic uncle so much as inappropriately slacken any of the story's suspenseful aspects.

| Aug 16, 2007

A poetic, atmospheric drama that's worth seeing despite Green's struggle to blend character drama with more conventional thrills.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 25, 2005

A front-loaded film, sure, but what a front.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 21, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 17, 2004

The film's first half is hypnotically watchable.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Dec 9, 2004

Did I fall in love with Undertow? Not in the least. But I liked it alright, and amidst the mediocrity, even rot, that constitutes 98% of contemporary American movies, that'll do fine.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 14, 2004

There's certainly nothing wrong with trying to make a movie visually pleasing, but it shouldn't come until after there's a good plot and intriguing characters.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 11, 2004

From its opening lines and first enigmatic image, everything about Undertow is both dreamlike and real, artfully elusive and matter-of-fact.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 5, 2004

Undertow, which is well worth seeing for the performances by Bell and Lucas, is obviously a transitional film, but where Green wants to go remains unclear.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 5, 2004

A taut piece of Southern Gothic from Richardson native David Gordon Green.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 4, 2004

One non-threatening Undertow.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 4, 2004

In equal parts powerful and peculiar, the film is not my favorite of Green's, but it helps solidify his position as one of the most visionary young directors around.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 30, 2004

Hamstrung by a feeling that its director was striving for oddity, purely for oddity's sake.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 30, 2004

'Southern Gothic' and 'arthouse' are rarely used to describe the same movie, and Undertow is a prime example of why that is.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 29, 2004

Though at times tough going because of its violence and seeming hopelessness, the film has a genuine emotional pull.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 29, 2004

The movie was monkeyed with too much in postproduction.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 29, 2004

A thriller in dire need of thrills.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 29, 2004