| This is a documentary about digging. Into the stars, into the ground and into the past. It connects it all in an unassuming yet poetic way, leaving you with much food for thought. |
| Julianne Moore is really extraordinary in this unsettling story of social alienation, self-help culture, strange diseases and stranger remedies. |
| If you've been paying attention, there's nothing new to learn here. It's, nonetheless, a clear and sharply-produced summary of how we got here and where we're probably heading if we don't fix the failing systems all around us. |
| Thought-provoking and visually impressive. Despite this, it ends up being as reductionist as the world it depicts. |
| A woman as a ghost in her own life. Not an easy watch. Mesmerizing in its own unique, monotone, way, with hints of Chantal Akerman. Also, really made me want to go back to the Salton Sea. |
| Beautiful on every level. Shows the patriarchy's stranglehold without a single man present. |
| Charming, sweet, endearing and just a little offbeat. The lack of bullies and many of the other usual trappings of the coming-of-age genre is a welcome change too. |
| No complex plots or surprise revelations. Just a really enjoyable, leisurely character study typical of the era with some great performances. Nice to see Venice Beach when it was still a little seedy too. |
| A waste of talented actors taken through an unending sequence of clichés. |
| Cynical slow-burner somewhere between a gritty procedural and a love story. The direction is excellent and without judgment while the cast just shines. Not one for the impatient. |
