Personal Velocity. Critic Reviews

A no-frills docu-Dogma plainness, yet Miller lingers on invisible, nearly psychic nuances, leaping into digressions of memory and desire. She boxes these women's souls right open for us.Read the full review

The cumulative effect is that of watching misspent lives disintegrate before your eyes. Ms. Miller's canny accomplishment is a triumph, giving the material weight and heart. This is one of the finest pictures of the year.Read the full review

Everything and everyone is observed sharply, succinctly and indelibly.Read the full review

The actors are gifted at establishing character with just a few well-chosen strokes (as a short story writer must also be able to do). We learn as much about each of these women in half an hour as we learn about most movie characters in two hours.Read the full review

Impresses with the originality of its observation, storytelling techniques and filmmaking style.Read the full review

The movie's much more than a castor-oil feminist message about self-realization, bad old Dad and all those awful men. The performances take care of that.Read the full review

Miller's strength in her stories and in the film is in her ability to push past ideology and get right down to the nitty-gritty of desire.Read the full review

Embraces reality, humanity and compassion, as leavened by wisdom and wit.Read the full review

The acting is uniformly excellent, with Kyra Sedgwick and Fairuza Balk in particular deserving to be singled out for praise.Read the full review