"The cast, so packed with talent that Jean Reno and Cherry Jones barely register, is stuck with stagey dialogue.

"[4] The World Cinema Now Program reviewed the film as: "Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull has seen numerous iterations over the decades, but actor/director Christian Camargo (The Hurt Locker) is able to honor the darkness and depth of this Russian tragedy while relocating it to a Memorial Day weekend in rural New England and putting his own contemporary spin on the material.

With a haunting score, lovely cinematography, and strong performances from a remarkable ensemble cast, we see a family come together then fracture apart over the course of one disastrous weekend.

"[5] The New York Times commented that "'The Seagull,' with its depiction of fin de siècle ennui, has been hollowed out and trivialized.

"[6] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 36 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.