Critic Reviews

• Jon Frosch, The Atlantic

  With its themes of alienation in the Internet age and cutesy indie-ish trimmings, the film will feel familiar to anyone who's seen a bittersweet romantic comedy from Sundance.

• Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

  The preordained story line is clear from the outset, yet Taretto's knack for engineering clever near-misses keeps us guessing about how and when the happy ending will arrive.

• David Fear, Time Out New York

  It's hard to truly hate any movie whose ending revolves around a clever Where's Waldo? gag. It's also near impossible to take it seriously for that exact same reason.

• V.A. Musetto, New York Post

  Leandro Martinez's eye-pleasing cinematography complements Taretto's literate script, although the Hollywood ending is jarring.

• Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

  Smart, wordy and sweetly sympathetic to lives lived online, "Sidewalls" coasts on Martín and Mariana's twin voice-overs, alternate musings on themselves and their city.

• Mark Holcomb, Village Voice

  A shrewd, intellectually playful rom-com that delivers the gooey goods...

• Simon Miraudo, Quickflix

  Medianeras may test your tolerance for cuteness, but it's an enchanting modern day fairy-tale cut from the same cloth as 500 Days of Summer and Punch-Drunk Love.

• Glenn Heath Jr., Slant Magazine

  When a film lays all the cards on the table simply to appease the characters' neuroses and insecurities, it becomes self-congratulatory.

• Kent Turner, Film-Forward.com

  Of all of the recent films tipping their hat to Woody Allen's comedies of the 1970s-when he was, you know, funny-Sidewalls is by far the most sentimental and optimistic.

• Fionnuala Halligan, Screen International

  A sweet, slight romance for the Internet age, Gustavo Taretto's debut feature is an appealing if low-key affair, distinguished by some beautifully fluid framing of a built-up Buenos Aires.

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