Proceeds at a languid pace, like a classic Southern yarn, belying its depth of content.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Proceeds at a languid pace, like a classic Southern yarn, belying its depth of content.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A story that could at so many points have engaged and involved the audience seems to take place entirely behind a plate glass screen of teenage boredom.

~ Jane Fae -

A story that could at so many points have engaged and involved the audience seems to take place entirely behind a plate glass screen of teenage boredom.

~ Jane Fae -

There's a soap opera character to this which is likely to divide viewers.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a soap opera character to this which is likely to divide viewers.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Making a film like this work takes a lot of skill and Mills isn't entirely successful.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Making a film like this work takes a lot of skill and Mills isn't entirely successful.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Durant's Never Closes is unlikely to be a breakthrough film, but where Durant is remembered as a local force to be reckoned with, it will have strong audience appeal.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Durant's Never Closes is unlikely to be a breakthrough film, but where Durant is remembered as a local force to be reckoned with, it will have strong audience appeal.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An effective examination of contemporary Western society's skewed relationship with pleasure.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An effective examination of contemporary Western society's skewed relationship with pleasure.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Overall, the pace of the film is too slow, the action scenes too few and far between to maintain the energy that a film like this needs.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Overall, the pace of the film is too slow, the action scenes too few and far between to maintain the energy that a film like this needs.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film has a very distinctive look that gives it something of the quality of myth despite fitting with the styles of the time.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film has a very distinctive look that gives it something of the quality of myth despite fitting with the styles of the time.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is nary a scene where the clumsiness of the performances doesn't get in the way of the story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is nary a scene where the clumsiness of the performances doesn't get in the way of the story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Wilde gives the strongest performance of the three and it's her slow transformation that provides the emotional heart of the film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Wilde gives the strongest performance of the three and it's her slow transformation that provides the emotional heart of the film.

~ Jennie Kermode -