World Traveler Critic Reviews

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Washington Post | Ann HornadayAdd Critic to Favorites

Anemic, pretentious.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Beth PinskerAdd Critic to Favorites

The real seduction Crudup pulls off is that he makes it seem possible that the character hasn't actually done all of these awful things.Read the full review

Washington Post | Dan ViaAdd Critic to Favorites

Well-made, well-acted but ultimately enervating, this is a respectable effort from Freundlich.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

A huge disappointment -- the kind of motion picture that makes you actively angry at the filmmaker for subjecting you to it and stealing two hours of your life.Read the full review

Wall Street Journal | Joe MorgensternAdd Critic to Favorites

A small story, a monodrama with a hero but no antagonists.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites

The film is perhaps best enjoyed as a minor work with some major pluses, notably in the characterizations and in their adroit portrayals.Read the full review

Variety | Lisa NesselsonAdd Critic to Favorites

Although occasionally both overwritten and overly symbolic, tale carries a satisfying emotional charge.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

Dreary movie.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

There are moments of sudden truth in the film; Freundlich, who also made "The Myth of Fingerprints" (1997), about an almost heroically depressed family at Thanksgiving, can create and write characters, even if he doesn't always know where to take them.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott TobiasAdd Critic to Favorites

A hopelessly stolid and distant evocation of Bob Rafelson's "Five Easy Pieces."Read the full review

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