“There is a lilting grace to this low-budget indie from Zero Pictures, a company known for producing hip, lurid movies on a shoestring -- no, make that an aglet -- budget. Director Sophie Pegrum makes a pleasingly sensuous debut with this tale of a reclusive artist and his junkie girlfriend, billed as a sort of rustic Colorado update of O. Henry's The Gift of the Magi.  Pegrum has a good eye for sensuous detail (from goldfish to camels), and the minor-key underpinnings of the score are woven nicely throughout. It's good work, especially considering that it was made for about the cost of a Ford Escort. “
Gregory Weinkoff – New Times

“This well-crafted, winsome fairy tale by British writer-director Sophie Pegrum shot on 16mm in the enchanted forests of Colorado, thoroughly belies both its first-feature status and its reportedly microscopic budget of $10,000. Much of the conventional story telling is sacrificed in favor of a weird, otherworldly quality reminiscent of director Alison MacLean, or Jane Campion.  Definitely a new voice in danger of slipping beneath everyone's radar. “
Paul Cullum – LA Weekly

“We’re grading on the curve here, for this entry in Laemmle’s indie series was made on not so much as a shoestring, but more of a frayed thread: $10,000.  Still, first-time writer-director Sophie Pegrum has done remarkably well, getting far more than her money’s worth in style and skill onto the screen, abetted by Jaime Reynoso’s photography, amazing for the price. “
Charles Britton – RAVE Magazine