The Other Half

Name: The Other Half
Director: Joey Klein
Released: 2016

Synopsis

A grief-stricken man and a bipolar woman fall in love and attempt to forge a simple life together.

88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The performances are pitch perfect; the soundtrack is evocative; the photography is artful. Nothing is overdone, and nothing is really resolved.
80
Los Angeles Times
As it plays out, it’s only a hard road for these swept-up, damaged lovers, whom Klein and his actors treat with blessedly non-exploitative honesty.
70
Variety
What might have seemed pro forma on paper...overcomes its occasionally studied stylistic tics to become a troubled, anguished love story that neither exaggerates nor soft-pedals the demons on display.
67
IndieWire
When it keeps its aims small and its attention narrow, The Other Half lands on a simple love story that speaks outside its familiar boundaries.
60
The New York Times
Mr. Klein is well served by his actors, who exude conviction, charisma and palpable ardor.
50
Slant Magazine
The film's emotional resonance is consistently stifled by excessively gloomy aesthetic and stylistic tics.
50
The Hollywood Reporter
Klein conveys his characters’ shifting mental states with expressionistic sequences that are often unevenly framed, shot from behind his subjects or even unfocused. The result can be intentionally disorienting, but not always particularly revealing. By contrast, the performances are far more compelling.
50
RogerEbert.com
A somber and derivative relationship drama.