
Sam and Silvy are best friends. One night, as they are watching a falling star while floating on their backs in a lake, Sylvy disappears from his side. Despite his best efforts, he cannot find her under water. Many years later, Sam, now a psychologist, returns to bury his father. Back in his hometown, he meets a woman called Ruby who reminds him in so many ways of his lost love.... (Full plot summary below)
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Sam and Silvy are best friends. One night, as they are watching a falling star while floating on their backs in a lake, Sylvy disappears from his side. Despite his best efforts, he cannot find her under water. Many years later, Sam, now a psychologist, returns to bury his father. Back in his hometown, he meets a woman called Ruby who reminds him in so many ways of his lost love.
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| Dallas Morning NewsChris VognarYou can tell what will happen in Till Human Voices Wake Us long before it actually happens, but it still works better than it should. |
| L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorI can find nothing nice to note about this excruciatingly slow, overly tasteful piece of whimsy. |
| Washington PostStephen HunterLike the best of poems, it doesn't lend itself to easy understanding. But, like the best of poems, it's extremely provocative, to both imagination and intellect. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakPetroni, in his first feature directing job, turns a good idea into a slow-paced metaphysical miasma. |
| AboutFilm.comCarlo CavagnaYou can always settle down for a nap, until the final credits wake you. |
| Las Vegas CityLifeMatt KelemenPetroni may have chosen to move the plot along at a snail's pace to reflect the mood of Prufrock's poem, but there isn't enough lyricism in the film to save the story. |
| Film BlatherEugene NovikovAt the end, too many pieces of the jigsaw remain prominently missing, the script's revelation failing to make the film into a complete tapestry. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumPetroni takes the poem at face value, turning diaphanous literary imagery opaque and literal. |
| Globe and MailRick GroenNevertheless, in mid-reverie, there's no denying the pleasure in falling under its little spell -- till human voices wake us, and we frown. |
| Contra Costa TimesMary F. PolsA bit spooky, steadily mysterious and unexpectedly moving. |