77
Metascore
20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe scary culminating flashback, in which Stephanie gives birth -- in a public restroom, on a high school ski trip -- is a marvel of authentic disturbance.
- 80The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenWithout standing on a soapbox Stephanie Daley suggests a tragic gender gap between men who judge and women who feel.
- 80L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorThere is so much to admire and empathize with in Stephanie Daley that it feels almost boorish to quibble about whether the film needs to come packaged as a murder mystery.
- 75New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsThis is first-rate stuff.
- 70VarietyVarietyA taut, provocative, sometimes overreaching but always absorbing thriller.
- 70SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirDespite an overly abrupt and oblique conclusion, this is a major American film, announcing the arrival of an independent director who deserves all the hype.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttA muted psychological mystery where filmmaker Hilary Brougher's interest in "solving" a possible crime is superseded by her investigation into matters involving denial, free will and the physical and emotional burdens of pregnancy.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceWriter-director Hilary Brougher knows how to rub it in, but Tamblyn is fearless in her attempt to save the narrative from falling into clichéd sermonizing.
- 50New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithThe movie amounts to an extended short story that progresses slowly and fades away with key questions unanswered. Ambiguity isn't necessarily interesting.