Once we get past the initial, eerie scenes and demand some answers, the film gets bogged down in endless scenes of hand - wringing, flimsy exposition and preposterous connections. (dallasfilmnow.com)
By comparison, this film consists of maybe twenty minutes of discernible storyline — almost all of which could have simply been folded into «Darker» without missing a beat — surrounded by endless scenes of nothing much happening enacted by a couple of actors whose key motivation throughout seems to have been the knowledge that they would never have to see each other again once it finally hit theaters. (efilmcritic.com)
A considerable chunk of the first act is dedicated to their troubled schooldays; we endure long minutes of fatuous Skype conversations, and a seemingly endless scene in which the lads buy ice - cream in Venice. (theguardian.com)