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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 85Film.comJordan HoffmanFilm.comJordan HoffmanSome Velvet Morning is a horror film with no blood, with words the only weapon for 98% of the picture.
- 70Village VoiceChuck WilsonVillage VoiceChuck WilsonTucci and the English-born Eve make a riveting team, and although the film's final twist undercuts all that has come before, Some Velvet Morning is provocation of the most artful kind.
- 67The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloLaBute has always been fond of the last-second rug-pull that re-contextualizes everything, but Some Velvet Morning’s climactic revelation is distinct from those of his previous films in a specific, intriguing way, one that trades brutality for something more poignant. If only the journey to that destination were a bit more flavorful.
- 60The DissolveNoel MurrayThe DissolveNoel MurraySome Velvet Morning is absorbing and enraging, sure to spark debate both about its meaning and its method. More importantly, it’s a phenomenal performance piece, with LaBute capturing the incredible gifts of two masters of pretense.
- 50The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisWhile there’s much to admire in how Mr. Tucci and Ms. Eve perform Mr. LaBute’s artful, apocalyptic duet, this is one seriously out-of-date tune.
- 40New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierAs an acting symposium, this is 83 minutes of Tucci exercises; never a bad thing. The wooden Eve does her best, but director/writer Neil LaBute unfortunately underwrote her character — by design, it would seem, given all that transpires.
- 25New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartMinus its smirky twist ending, it’d make perfect material for New York’s new “That’s Abuse” domestic violence awareness campaign.
- 20Time OutTime OutThe dialogue is the stuff of rapidly closing Off Broadway plays; the camerawork is flavorless and haphazard. Tucci hits every line like he’s about to break into a malicious tap dance, and Eve looks as if she was handed her script on the way to the set.
- 12Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenTo watch the film is to wonder once again why Neil LaBute was ever taken seriously as a so-called dramatist of the gulf between the sexes.