Don't Come Knocking

Despite the film's false notes, its balladlike moods ring true.

[It has] a terrific sense of place, something missing from much contemporary US cinema.

By the time we get to the point where the camera is endlessly circling Shepard sitting on a sofa in the middle of the street, it feels as if he and his director were making things up as they went along.

The story is as meandering as it is self-indulgent.

The dusty backdrop evokes a palpable sense of transience and the lingering past, but there's ultimately very little beneath the gesturing.

With its wonderful veteran cast, its heart on its sleeve, and a love for the landscape that suffuses its technique, Don't Come Knocking is a peculiar but rewarding escape.

The bitterness of the playwright's vision is expanded by the director's fascinated fondness for American culture

Apart from an extraordinary scene of attempted reconciliation between Shepard and Lange "Don't Come Knocking" is an inflated drama that lies stagnate on the screen.

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