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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreKrippendorff squeezes a lot of layers of the urban teen experience into Cocoon’s slim 93 or so minutes, and gives a lot of shades to her characters, who are never simple “types” the way most Hollywood films about high schoolers are.
- 80Film ThreatAndrew StoverFilm ThreatAndrew StoverWith an incisive script that trifles with emotional and thematic transparency, Krippendorff authentically captures what it is like to grapple with one’s burgeoning maturity and identity.
- 80Little White LiesAriel KlinghofferLittle White LiesAriel KlinghofferWhile heartbreak is imminent as it is a coming-of-age film, the absence of hopelessness brings a lightness to the film not begotten by hollowness, and you may even find yourself with a melancholy smile, as Nora’s metamorphosis is complete: she breaks out of her cocoon.
- 60The New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe softness lacks detail, the butterfly metaphors lack originality, but the movie is pleasant, a balmy introduction to adult feelings of desire and belonging.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThe film conforms to the coming-of-age template in that romance is followed or superseded by friendship and maturing personal growth. Urzendowsky keeps it all together.