69
Metascore
23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonVibrating with humanity, it's a potent portrait of love, ranging from the purely carnal to the impurely sublime.
- 80L.A. WeeklyManohla DargisL.A. WeeklyManohla DargisAlthough much has and will be made of the film's sexual explicitness -- and, yes, it is a bit -- this less-than-perfect but deeply felt film is finally most daring for its hard-core insistence on our need for connection.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannJay and Claire are exquisitely played by Mark Rylance and Kerry Fox.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaA disconcerting experience.
- 70The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottIf Intimacy does anything well, it portrays desperation, in many different forms.
- 70VarietyDavid RooneyVarietyDavid RooneyA tortured reflection on the complex relationship between love, sex, desire and obsession, distinguished by courageously raw performances from leads Mark Rylance and Kerry Fox.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittPlays like a warmed-over "Last Tango in Paris," with more explicit sex but a lower level of originality and acting skill.
- 50New Times (L.A.)David EhrensteinNew Times (L.A.)David EhrensteinA lacerating study of sexual alienation.
- 50The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe New YorkerDavid DenbyThe movie holds one in its surly grip, but when it's over, few people, I think, are likely to be haunted by it. Futility may work as a mood in a short story, but in a full-scale movie it doesn't bear looking at for very long. (29 Oct 2001, p. 92)