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Vincent S @Vin_E_At_The_Movies Aug 8, 2026 A raw and realistic independent movie with an unique look at voyeurism and sex with a great ending. See more

thiago S @Thiagostone Jun 1, 2026 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more

Chris F @RT29542038 Dec 23, 2024 Variety was striking in so many ways for me. The nostalgia of youth and living away from home and trepidatious first steps as an independent person are Variety’s main concerns. The limitless opportunities that become available when first striking out as a fully fledged adult. Watching became voyeuristic. The lead character and filmmakers’ points of view became my own as one long take gave way to another and allowed me the space to take everything in. Tom Dicillo’s photography is especially good and makes a shoestring budget look like a million bucks on the screen. This movie is a slow burn. A character study. A patient look at a very inequitable NYC in the early 1980s. This is a coming of age story without all the pop music and malls. I loved it. See more

Petros T @PetrosTserpelis Oct 4, 2023 It mostly runs on the mysterious vibe and messaging yet falls short. The sequences where Christine follows Louie around are intriguing, though they're dragged out and repeated enough to lose some of their power by the end. And that's probably the film's biggest detriment: it's largely nerveless, doubtlessly overlong and overall rather boring. On the bright side, the acting is good, there are some funny bits (Jose works as the comic relief), and even the ridiculously abrupt finale is justifiable. See more

Jul 23, 2020 Sex, sleaze, and corruption served up feminist style in early 80s New York and ... Asbery Park. Our heroine finds herself drawn to porn and corruption because of her last-chance job as a ticket clerk in an adult movie theater back when there was such a thing. It attracts notice because of its feminist tone and take on unlikely themes for a woman especially at that time. But its effect is dulled by confusing and overly long diversions - such as our heroine reciting a complete pornographic story to her boyfriend while he plays a pinball machine and drinks beer for the duration. Johnny C. sez come for the feminist psychology and stay for the sleaze. See more

Feb 28, 2017 Bette Gordon is great at capturing those private moments in public spaces and personal moments in private spaces. She really lets the action play out and keeps the frame wonderfully engaged without significant cutting around. There is always tension, there is always something going on. Everything was insanely interesting and charged with thriller like intensity without the falsity. What a way to end the movie, with an unfulfilled promise, the way porn ends, with all fantasy and no physical resolution or satisfaction. See more

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