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Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Never quite measures up to Pemberton's reach, but there remains enough to be excited about to wonder what will follow this imperfectly made though valuable work.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghDespite its floating narrative, this is a remarkably accessible and haunting film.
- 50The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottDour and bleak, yet this melodrama -- which doesn't amount to much of anything -- may stick with you.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickBeyond the Ocean, which at its best is reminiscent of Jim Jarmusch's "Stranger in Paradise," doesn't integrate its two story lines in a particularly satisfying manner and the ending is somewhat abrupt.
- 50The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasDoesn't have the content to match the form, never cohering into anything more substantial than a glum navel-gazer about a little girl lost, unable to find a permanent home (literally or figuratively) on either side of the Atlantic.
- 50Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderBoth provocative and awkwardly arty.
- 40Film ThreatMerle BertrandFilm ThreatMerle BertrandUltimately sinks beneath the waves of the Caspian Sea.