The High Cost of Living 2011

Paul Brunick, New York Times: So artistically well-intentioned and earnest in its ambitions that you can almost forgive the banality of its every scene. Read more

Eric Hynes, Time Out: Movies often make too much of that truism, but surprisingly committed performances from actors like these can still make it feel like something meaningful. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Chow and her actors are so gifted that this fragile situation escapes contrivance to become a poignant, romantic and deftly nuanced revelation of character and emotions. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: An already iffy premise is badly served by a film that is tonally jarring. Read more

Alissa Simon, Variety: Although there are moments when lead thesps Zach Braff and Isabelle Blais just about pull off the implausible conceit, the pic still suffers from major problems of tone as well as stilted camerawork and editing. Read more

Aaron Hillis, Village Voice: Ridiculously implausible yet still predictable. Read more