It’s impressive that Alami can put all this across — romance, suspense and, in the moving final act, a kind of tragedy — and maintain the movie’s nimbleness. But he’s a natural storyteller.

Wesley Morris

The New York Times

Director and co-writer Milad Alami's film feels like several fused-together trial drafts of the same narrative.

Diego Semerene

Slant Magazine

On the surface it is indeed a gentle, well-mannered and elegant affair, but its caustic undertow, which becomes increasingly apparent, ends up making the viewer angry about a world that seems hell-bent on finding divisions where there need be none.

Jonathan Holland

The Hollywood Reporter