But what it might lack in narrative drive, it more than makes up for in a beguiling, melancholy mood not quite like anything they've made, abetted by photography that's among the directors» most beautiful, despite the absence of usual collaborator Roger Deakins. (indiewire.com)
Most parents are initially quick to blame their teen's melancholy mood on haywire hormones and may attempt to coax them from their gloominess by telling them to «Just snap out of it» or even enrolling them in boot camps or military schools to toughen them up. (sundancecanyonacademy.com)
Throughout the film the viewer is put into a dry, slow and melancholy mood as one searches for the good film that is somewhere within the one that was actually released. (metacritic.com)