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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe film's resolution is both haunting and satisfying.
- 60VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibPiles heavy emotional baggage on a slender story frame. Pic looks ravishing, featuring a nocturnal road trip through a cool kaleidoscopic landscape of shifting colors peopled by three commanding thesps of different generations whose interlocking stories form a cohesive whole.
- 50The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAlmost holding things together is the marvelous Ms. Elsner: there’s more depth in her weary gaze and disappointed mouth than in any line of dialogue. Not since Bette Davis lit and flicked has smoking been so evocative, or so heartbreaking.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoYou can't quarrel with the lensing and acting, but the overabundance of coincidences keeps Vivere from reaching its full potential.
- 50Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoLos Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoThe wave-like "Rashomon" structure of the story, combined with the steady pace and moody look of Vivere are lulling, but in the end the situation is neither believable nor fantastic enough to be very compelling.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceI like writer-director Angela Maccarone's ambition, but her technical ingenuity exceeds her grasp of potentially complex emotions, which get stuck in a groove of mawkish self-pity.