There's little breathing space between its breathtaking moments. (metacritic.com)
Desplechin hurtles from one heated confrontation to another with little breathing space between scenes, employing a cornucopia of florid stylistic devices employed haphazardly — a voiceover here, an iris - in transition there, with some chapter headings thrown in — and the initial effect is exhausting. (incontention.com)
Perhaps a documentary intention is derailed into the uncanny, or ironic reversals are instigated to create some kind of displacement, or cause and effect draw so close together, have so little breathing space between them, that tautology emerges. (romanovgrave.com)