This uneven drama might have been more effective if someone with more on-screen charisma than writer-director Elster had played the main character.
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09/16/04
Particles of Truth (2003)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:5
Rotten:6
Average Rating:5.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Jennifer Elster writes, directs, produces, and stars in her indie feature debut PARTICLES OF TRUTH, a gritty urban character study of emotionally damaged lives. Lilli Black (Elster) is an... [More]
Starring: Jennifer Elster, Gale Harold, Susan Floyd, Larry Pine
Director: Jennifer Elster
Reviews for Particles of Truth
1 - 12 (sorted by source; UK critics are listed first)
Quite an intense emotional rollercoaster with standout performances, especially from Elster.
08/28/04
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04/08/06
While the film demonstrates some potential on the part of its filmmaker, especially in the acting department, it ultimately lacks the singularity to make it stand out among the glut of similarly themed entries.
11/04/04
Top CriticOne of those painfully earnest -- and pretentious -- little indies in which a pair of emotional cripples neatly resolve all of their problems within 48 hours of meeting each other.
09/17/04
No review available.
01/15/05
Top CriticParticles of Truth is a low-budget indie that first seems scattered and off-putting but in time reveals its writer-director's considerable ability and artistic sense.
09/18/04
A me-me-me spectacle of unexamined grief that allows filmmaker Jennifer Elster to condescend to everyone but herself.
08/27/04
A complicated drama that explores the efforts of two oddballs to escape the limitations of their birth families and forge distinctive lives of their own.
09/18/04
Though many of the risks she takes don't pay off, Elster's film contains a number of stylishly staged set pieces ... that mark her as a young filmmaker worth watching.
09/17/04
This pretentiously titled, zero-budget N.Y. indie airily pulls off what Hollywood mightily strives for -- a believable romantic comedy.
09/21/04
Top CriticTranscends its own considerable self-indulgence with sweet, believably tormented performances.
09/14/04
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