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Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghCunningham tackles a complicated subject, rejecting the stridency favored by filmmakers of the Spike Lee persuasion in favor of a more even-handed tone.
- 38New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanA classic case of good intentions and bad filmmaking.
- 25New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickWith awkward acting, plotting and direction, this is no "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," "Jungle Fever" or "One Potato, Two Potato."
- 10The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensThe whole business has a breathless, determined, student-film quality that makes it especially hard to watch. Mr. Cunningham and his cast are clearly trying to do something they feel is important, and there is no pleasure in watching them do it so ineptly.
- 10Village VoiceVillage VoiceThis perky would-be consciousness-raiser dilutes a potentially interesting subject -- interracial marriage -- with half-baked platitudes, self-conscious acting, and a plot trite enough to be rejected by the PAX channel.