Critic Reviews

• Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times

  "Curling" is, in part, a film about secrets. Maybe we know what's going on, maybe we don't. That subtly unsettling ambiguity is yet another thing that makes this beguiling film so enticingly different.

• Ty Burr, Boston Globe

  A bleakly allusive look at frozen lives, "Curling'' is very much a specialty item - a movie that goes nowhere slowly.

• Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

  No fan of linear narrative, intent only on revealing things through a glass darkly, writer-director Denis Côté wants us to be puzzled. He succeeds rather too well.

• Rhett Bartlett, Dial M For Movies

  Curling begins strongly, with visually striking imagery, but ultimately never reach the potential which is hinted at in the opening scenes.

• Bill Chambers, Film Freak Central

  A slow burn that respects the audience's literacy.

• Jean-Francois Rauger, Guardian [UK]

  It remains a mysterious, open film, uncluttered by any of the reassuring revelations or explanations that might console us and allay our fear of anything really imaginary.

• Simon Miraudo, Quickflix

  Their relationship may be fractious, abusive and negligent, but aside from the bizarre scenarios the [father and daughter] finds themselves in, it's not all that unusual. Most of all, it feels loving. And you always hurt the ones you love.

• Chris Cabin, Slant Magazine

  The director sets a mood that is at once bleak and yet teems with dark, wild impulses that range from the carnal to the murderous.

• Ron Wilkinson, Monsters and Critics

  Father and daughter confront their frozen emotions.

• Jim Slotek, Jam! Movies

  If you're feeling particularly depressed and existential, this might pass as food for thought. Otherwise, it might be wiser to just plain pass.

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