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Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinIt’s an evocative film that creeps up on you in unpredictably tender ways, so prepare to shed a tear or two — or three.
- 70Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternIt’s a gentle, often funny meditation on advancing age and the fragile joys of youth.
- 70The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaThe New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaThough far from the gold standard of “brief encounter” dramas like Andrew Haigh’s “Weekend,” Sublet nevertheless wins you over with its subtle charm and its mellow depiction of two men forging an unexpected connection.
- 63Slant MagazineDerek SmithSlant MagazineDerek SmithEytan Fox’s film is a low-key observance of two men finding the beauty in each other’s mysteries and contradictions.
- 63Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanDirected and co-written by Israeli filmmaker Eytan Fox, whose films often deal with gay themes, Sublet feels like it’s setting itself up, just a little bit, as a same-sex version of How Stella Got Got Her Groove Back.
- 63RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiRogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiIt isn’t bad, per se, but I just never felt the emotional impact it's clearly hoping to achieve.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe light and lightly-unsettling charms of Sublet win you over, even if you suspect that Fox has merely added a sexual edge to atone for the political and ethnic strife he’s taken care to avoid.
- 60VarietyJay WeissbergVarietyJay WeissbergWith two screenwriters (including the director) and three script editors credited, it may be a classic “too many cooks” situation, as the whole structure is as risk-free and standardized as a TV film, though newcomer Niv Nissem provides a freshness that papers over the conventionality of it all.