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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 22 Mar 2015

The film can't reconcile Ron Rash's apocalyptic tenderness with its own eagerness to revel in romantic star allure…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 17 Mar 2015

Serena is quite bad, as it happens, but until it goes absolutely haywire in the final act, the biggest problem is that it’s all bones and…

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By Geoff Pevere (572) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 04 Dec 2014

A film that should be shamelessly soaked in passion and thrusting erotic delirium is instead posed and prettified, to the point where “camp”…

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By Guy Lodge (731) for Variety (12,700) on 20 Oct 2014

An arrestingly nihilistic Depression melodrama, marked by courageous performances and exquisite production values…

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By Charlie Lyne (195) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 20 Oct 2014

This is a film full of unremarkable compromises — the kind that result in a bland film rather than a bad one…

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By Stephen Dalton (194) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 20 Oct 2014

It is difficult to believe a single word of it, still less to care about these relentlessly selfish and short-sighted characters…

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By Cath Clarke (570) for Time Out London (344) on 20 Oct 2014

We don’t invest anything in either character, and with barely any tension, Serena grabs neither head nor heart…

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By Oliver Lyttelton (141) for The Playlist (3,871) on 20 Oct 2014

The film isn't bad enough to be some kind of potential cult classic: it's tedious, with even the stranger moments and plot developments failing…

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By Angie Errigo (463) for Empire (3,446) on 19 Oct 2014

Commercially it looks a disaster. Artistically, if very far from a triumph, it’s interesting, almost held together by its charismatic stars…

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