Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: The biggest disappointment of [the film] is that it doesn’t go far enough – whether it’s in the thrills, nuttiness, or romance. We want it to push forward, to really take things to an extreme, but it doesn’t quite get there.
- Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Johnson must carefully build this high concept kick-in-the-pants for Tommy with as much room to flip what we know to be true as room for absurd developments that must be false (but aren’t).
- Manuel São Bento @ Firstshowing
- Excerpt: Self Reliance possesses an intriguing premise but ultimately plays it too safe. More audacity and bite were required to truly leave a mark with Jake Johnson’s feature directorial debut.
- [New] | Dan Stalcup @ The Goods: Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Debut director Jake Johnson is primarily concerned with depicting the scenario in mechanical and humorous detail. He’s much less interested in exploring the dark contradictions and pathos this brings out in the characters.
- Nadine Whitney @ InSession Film
- Excerpt: Self Reliance might not entirely work while it’s running at speed and occasionally stopping to catch its breath at some of its lesser moments. But as a first feature it is gleefully silly and entirely sincere.
