47
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- The lurching plot goes off the rails about two-thirds of the way through, when Dodge's instability and her mother-quest supersede the mild criminal hijinks, but the film's acting is consistently exciting and unselfconscious.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceLong, inchoate scenes are burdened by overwrought plotlines -- But the film is buoyed by moments of pleasure, too.
- 50Film ThreatMerle BertrandFilm ThreatMerle BertrandThe kind of film that requires a lot of work and patience on behalf of the viewer, not to mention a willingness to set aside prejudices and the fear inherent when we meet people different from us. As such, while you may not necessarily like By Hook or By Crook, you won't forget it, either.
- 50Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisNot particularly good -- meaning navigable, remotely entertaining, pleasing to the eye -- it does, rather nobly, want to hip its audience to gender fluidity.
- 40VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerNo movie like this about friendship between two young lesbians and their various adventures, punctuated with laissez-faire jump-cutting, should be this boring.
- 25New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoHas a promising start. But it quickly becomes tiresome and cliché-ridden - not to mention depressing and pointless.