Villeneuve's film clocks in at a sizeable 153 minutes, which, while it does maintain an interest level throughout, in retrospect, is probably 30 minutes too long given the amount of lengthy scenes of brutality, loose ends, and needless red herrings that exist throughout the film. (qwipster.net)
Out 1 is largely a film of conversation, as its prolonged rehearsal vignettes regularly give way to even lengthier scenes of verbal self - analysis. (metacritic.com)
Lengthy scenes involving six - year old Moonee and her peers are deeply amusing and occasionally tiring, but ultimately essential to provoke in us the empathy that gets shattered in the final ten minutes. (timeout.com)