Bosworth and Blackley have amazing chemistry together and there’s a scene that is a direct homage to Picnic that I think about often

Full Review | Feb 13, 2024

For every such moment there's a sappy montage or overt visual reference to Rossellini to cheapen the effect.

Full Review | Sep 19, 2013

A sad routine of hurtful behavior in a movie that never expresses its complicated point of view in a satisfying manner, leaving behind unanswered questions, dim characters, and contemptible actions.

Full Review | Original Score: D | Sep 14, 2013

Imagine a boring, gender-swapped, totally arty and pretentious version of the travelogue-mini-film-within-a-film focusing on Kip Pardue's character from The Rules of Attraction, except strung out on Benadryl instead of methamphetamine.

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Sep 14, 2013

The scenery is more captivating than the drama.

Full Review | Sep 13, 2013

Its depiction of womanhood, particularly as it does and does not relate to the romantic male counterpart, establishes Coiro's presence as a new, potent voice in filmmaking.

Full Review | Sep 13, 2013

This elegant and beautifully staged Italy-set drama offers Kate Bosworth the perfect acting vehicle, playing a beautiful but emotionally troubled young woman who seeks to escape the mundanity of her marriage while on a trip to the Amalfi coast.

Full Review | Sep 13, 2013

[A] familiarly snoozy romantic drama.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 13, 2013

Though the film plays like late-era Woody Allen - not necessarily a good thing - and Goldberg's rambunctiousness is more annoying than liberating, there's a serious depth of feeling here.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 12, 2013

The marital crisis at the movie's heart has lost its allegorical weight. Jane and Leonard are just another unhappy couple with problems that have nothing to do with the direction of Western civilization.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 12, 2013

"And While We Were Here" is just good enough to pique your curiosity, but never quite good enough to captivate.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 12, 2013

An unhappily married American woman's affair in Italy sets her on a new course in her life.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 12, 2013

It's to Coiro's credit that no one emerges as a villain - and that, however painful, on the other side lies hope.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 12, 2013

A committed Bosworth gives herself over to the role. Yet, there's ultimately no real role for her to play-like her male co-stars, she's simply stuck embodying a series of clichd poses ...

Full Review | Original Score: D | Sep 12, 2013

An intimate study of human unhappiness and the addictive liberation that comes from casting it off. Kate Bosworth displays a level of depth heretofore unseen in her work.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 11, 2013

The stunning backdrop winds up being a crutch for And While We Were Here, which leaves its adept performers unchallenged in the face of forbidden passion.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 11, 2013

And While We Were Here has the feel of a sumptuous, wafer-thin dessert lovingly crafted by a master chef, simultaneously exquisite and fully satisfying without ever appearing over-indulgent.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Sep 10, 2013

It's a bummer that the movie settles for such an oft-mined vein of bummed-outedness-for a few minutes, Coiro really had me going.

Full Review | Sep 10, 2013

An homage to neorealism, the French New Wave and the cinematic power of faces, as well as a lark of sorts for Coiro and Bosworth after their collaboration on Life Happens.

Full Review | Sep 9, 2013

Unfortunately, this tale of an illicit romance between an unhappily married woman and a younger man traffics in far too many genre clichs, beginning with its idyllic locale.

Full Review | Sep 9, 2013