- CELEBRITY
- 11:00 PM, Mar 28
what makes that statement so impressive is that Natural Selection aspired to so very muchby Logan Hill [Vulture ]
ucceeds as a crowd-pleasing, tear-jerking romp, a significant point given that it's also a directorial debutReview rate : B+ by Eric Kohn [indieWire ]
trades some emotional engagement for laughs without rendering its heroine's crisis uninvolvingby John DeFore [Hollywood Reporter ]
this is not as funny as it may sound. But then "Natural Selection" is not quite a comedyby Stephen Holden [New York Times ]
the rest of the film leaves little to the imaginationby Michael Nordine [Slant Magazine ]
resembles one of about a hundred movies that might turn up in the middle of the night on Sundance Channel or IFCby Alonso Duralde [The Wrap ]
pic boasts production values that indicate the savvy expenditure of limited resourcesby Joe Leydon [Variety ]
often extremely funny union that doesn't shy away from awkwardness or tragedyby Catherine Shoard [Guardian [UK] ]
mixes elements of Transamerica and the recent Higher Groundby Michelle Orange [Village Voice ]
it'd be easy to thread this story through with condescension, but instead, it’s modest and compassionateReview rate : B by Alison Willmore [AV Club ]
credit Pickering's deft script for avoiding the usual cliche speed bumps, though sex and lies are on the menuby Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]
couldn't be more clumsily obvious in its narrative setup or more flavorless in its lo-fi Americana toneby David Fear [Time Out New York ]
closes with a twist as surprising as the finale of the Usual Suspectsby Chris French [Paste Magazine ]