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1. "Inhabit the moment rather than chase the narrative structure", "conventional...active protagonist, escalating action and sense of closure"

  • Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
  • Sight & Sound 2002
  • Bec Smith, Inside Film
  • Graham Rae, American Cinematographer
  • Matthew Turner, The ViewLondon Review
  • Eileen Elsey, Vertigo
  • Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
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2. "Out of key with the usual depictions of youth-culture hedonism"

  • Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
  • Jonathan Romney, Independent
  • Sight & Sound 2002
  • Eileen Elsey, Vertigo
  • Laura Bushell, BBC Movies
  • Chris Darke, Vertigo
  • Bec Smith, Inside Film

3. "life of hedonism and ambiguous freedom"

  • Chris Darke, Vertigo
  • Eileen Elsey, Vertigo
  • Sight & Sound 2002
  • Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
  • Matthew Turner, The ViewLondon Review
  • Jonathan Romney, Independent
  • Laura Bushell, BBC Movies

4. "Powerfully enigmatic", "a being-in-transition"

  • Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
  • Graham Rae, American Cinematographer
  • Chris Darke, Vertigo
  • Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
  • Laura Bushell, BBC Movies
  • Jonathan Romney, Independent
  • Matthew Turner, The ViewLondon Review

5. "Charting of moods" over plot/narrative

  • Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
  • Jonathan Romney, Independent
  • Matthew Turner, The ViewLondon Review
  • Sight & Sound 2002
  • Eileen Elsey, Vertigo
  • Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
  • Graham Rae, American Cinematographer
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