Ruthe Stein of the " San Francisco Chronicle " called the film " an emotionally satisfying example of a genre whose sketchiness can be off-putting " and added, " Garc�a knows how to create juicy roles for actresses, and they return the favor with performances of such concentrated intensity that you cannot take your eyes off them ."
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Don Snowden from AllMusic said : " " Stylin'Up " is an intriguing disc that makes clear Anu lines up far closer to Neneh Cherry's tough, positive assertion of female identity than any kind of fabricated ethnic exotic spice girl, but there's a sketchiness to some material that leaves it uneven and sometimes frustrating ."
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Spectrum Culture called " Remembrance " an improvement over Suicideyear's mixtape " Japan " : " Japan could lean to the more kawaii sillier side of things at times, but " Remembrance ", more often than not, turns gorgeous . " A reviewer for " The Wire " had a more mixed opinion towards the album, writing that it sounds " somewhere between being tentative and caught in a frozen, allegorical state of sketchiness, turning the sleepy head of bedroom pop into a death's head ."