Rotten
With its themes of alienation in the Internet age and cutesy indie-ish trimmings, the film will feel familiar to anyone who's seen a bittersweet romantic comedy from Sundance.
Jon Frosch, The Atlantic
Sidewalls
How do you find love when you don’t know where it is?
2011 · 1h 35m · N/A
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Gustavo Taretto
Overview
Martin is a neurotic web designer taking baby steps out of the isolation of his one-room apartment and his virtual reality. Mariana is an artist fresh out of a a long relationship. They are perfect for each other, live on the same street, in opposite buildings, but they never meet. Can the movement of a modern city of three million people bring them together?
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
70%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The preordained story line is clear from the outset, yet Taretto's knack for engineering clever near-misses keeps us guessing about how and when the happy ending will arrive.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Rotten
It's hard to truly hate any movie whose ending revolves around a clever Where's Waldo? gag. It's also near impossible to take it seriously for that exact same reason.
David Fear, Time Out New York
Fresh
Leandro Martinez's eye-pleasing cinematography complements Taretto's literate script, although the Hollywood ending is jarring.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Fresh
Smart, wordy and sweetly sympathetic to lives lived online, "Sidewalls" coasts on Martin and Mariana's twin voice-overs, alternate musings on themselves and their city.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
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