Two brothers who are forced to leave Reno after being involved in a hit-and-run accident. Based on the novel by Willy Vlautin, this moody thriller is a searing and profound examination of brotherhood set in the timeless Sierra Nevadan frontier.... (Full plot summary below)
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Two brothers who are forced to leave Reno after being involved in a hit-and-run accident. Based on the novel by Willy Vlautin, this moody thriller is a searing and profound examination of brotherhood set in the timeless Sierra Nevadan frontier.
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| RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyThe directors and the cast, through a miracle of tone, mood, and emotion, have made a film that feels true, that is sweet and sharp and unbearable. Every frame feels right, every choice feels thought-out, considered. All adds up to a heartbreaking whole. |
| Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe central performances by Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff hold the film together with the intensity of their brotherly affection and support. |
| The PlaylistJessica KiangWhile it doesn't reinvent the wheel, or revolutionize the genre, it achieves its modest ambitions affectingly well, in no small part due to a clutch of cherishable performances, especially from leads Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff. |
| Empire MagazineDavid HughesPowerful, moving and melancholy. A low-key treat. |
| Movie MezzanineNoah GittellWatching The Motel Life, I felt that I was in the hands of someone capable of making a great film. |
| CinemalogueTodd JorgensonAs the protagonists wallow in melancholy and despair, they drag helpless moviegoers in with them. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenThe feature spikes its lonesome mood with shots of dry humor, animated sequences and flashbacks — at times overplaying its hand, even as Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff wordlessly convey all that needs to be said. |
| New York TimesAndy WebsterThe story may be slight, but the performances and ambience resonate. |
| Film Journal InternationalFrank LoveceThe Motel Life -- no relation to the same name-brand -- ultimately accomplishes the tricky task of painting the believable lives of two marginal people without romanticizing in the least their dire straits and awful, hardscrabble existence. |
| Willamette WeekCurtis WoloschukThe Motel Life fulfills its modest ambitions, mining glimmers of muted beauty from these brothers' otherwise bleak existences. |
