Where the film's ambitions crumble is in its avowed refusal to make its audience too uncomfortable.

Scheduled blowups and symbolic dreams and interminable tears until we all feel like we've learned a little something about loss: We want our two hours back.

Often as overwrought as it is heartrending.

The beauty of this film lies in both the rich performances Bier draws from Berry and del Toro (it is truly a gift to watch these two share the screen together), and Tom Stern’s impressionistic cinematography.