“This film is not as extraordinarily, deeply, overwhelmingly revealing as the two Souvenir movies, and thus, can’t sustain bigger flourishes or gestures as easily. It’s not quite as strong or as encompassing. But it’s still an engaging and even fundamental complement to what’s come before it.”
“It has not only warmth but a drive; this is a movie that takes itself seriously in quiet but important ways, with great consideration of its title character and who she is as a person.”
“Both Sides of the Blade excels when it most closely examines the patchwork of growing stratification and tension – from thorny silences which can erupt into heated arguments, to once-minor quibbles that suddenly come roaring up to the surface.”
“The movie succeeds when it remains gently, consistently funny, while demonstrating real interest in the meaning of its story and what those ideas mean for the people it’s about.”