Clementine

"In her atmospheric debut, Lara Jean Gallagher sends her jilted protagonist into the woods to unnerving effect." 

"[A] trite premise is stretched glacially over 90 minutes in 'Clementine,' an erotic thriller that runs low on both erotics and thrills." 

"[It] wrings exquisite tension from shifting power dynamics (...) Gallagher’s mastery of form helps overcome some deficiencies in the drama (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" 

"It’s particularly frustrating that 'Clementine' loses its focus because Gallagher has such a keen sense of the mood she’s trying to create" 

"Gallagher proves herself finely attuned to the art of performance, eliciting uniformly strong, nuanced performances from her two leads" 

"Two problems are immediately obvious about 'Clementine'. The first is that neither character feels real (...) The second problem [is that] neither actress (...) inhabits her character with any degree of credibility (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)" 

"At its best [it] is more a mood piece than a narrative, an exploration of the shifting power in relationships with striking images and overtones of duality. But at its weakest, it is more of a workshop than a story (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" 

"As arty and distinctive as you’d expect from an Oscilloscope film, 'Clementine' nonetheless struggles to be involving as it tells an uneasy story in a determinedly subdued way"