Nine Lives (2005)

Garcia doesn't construct conventional narratives for his stories, he just drops viewers into situations, then pulls them out before any conclusions are reached. Some of the women we are exposed to are Robin Wright Penn, who plays a pregnant woman running into a former lover in a supermarket, resulting in a bout of anguish and self doubt; Ruth (Sissy Spacek), a woman caught up in an affair at a seedy motel; and Holly Hunter, playing a woman alarmed at her boyfriend's antisocial behavior. The stories are thrilling in their inconclusiveness, with

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It’s refreshing to watch it all unfold and worth seeing again. 

...by the time viewers have reached the fourth or fifth story, however, restlessness is likely to set in, as it becomes clear this is a film hurtling slowly towards nothing, with little to keep one interested along the way. 

--Chris Barsanti (FilmCritic.com)

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With such character-focused scenes each captured in a single continuous shot, Nine Lives does contains a few tedious acting-school-exercise moments. Yet the accumulated power of the vignettes packs a wallop. Or perhaps “wallop” is too strong a word. NineLives is a deeply thoughtful film whose deep thoughtfulness doesn't become apparent until the whole thing has sunk in. B+

--Carlo Cavagna (AboutFilm.com)

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