Sundance. Yellow Handkerchief.

"Yellow Handkerchief arrives as yet another indie road flick featuring characters very different from one another on the outside, but similar on the inside," writes Cinematical's Erik Davis. "It's pretty to watch (thanks to great camerawork from Chris Menges), but the film never really soars above 'That was a nice moment,' and into must-see territory. However, superb performances from the four leads lend Handkerchief enough charm to leave those watching with a smile... and an odd desire to visit Louisiana."

"This very sweet and pretty movie (lost love, new love, redemption, etc) stars William Hurt, Maria Bello (who is so the Sundance girl this year), Kristen Stewart (who is just a few steps behind Amy Adams on the road to superstardom) and Eddie Redmayne (who is also seemingly in everything all of a sudden)," writes Sara Vilkomerson in the New York Observer. "We liked it well enough, and were blown away by the audience response to it. However, some seasoned Sundance types sniffed that they didn’t think it had a shot."

"Actually, what sounds like just another weepy Reader's Digest story... takes on real gravitas in [director Udayan] Prasad's hands, fleshed out by its four-person cast," writes Peter Debruge in Variety.

Posted by dwhudson at February 2, 2008 12:46 PM