[2] Mark Berman, an idealistic Jewish Canadian teenager in Toronto is seduced into a torrid affair by the mysteriously appearing but extremely ruthless Natasha, the daughter of his uncle Fima's new Russian mail-order bride who has been living a double life as a sex worker since childhood.

[8] Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times wrote "[the film] creates a disturbing portrait of a girl turned calculating and nihilistic by her upbringing, and there is no coyness here".

[9] Peter Howell of Toronto Star had praised the film, saying that "[it] succeeds because of its haunting lead performances".

[10] Variety's Jessica Kiang wrote "David Bezmozgis adapts his own short story into an impressively controlled coming of age tale animated by a cunning central performance".

[12] Tomris Laffly of RogerEbert.com said that "[the director] manages to summon something richer out of this tale you might temporarily feel you've been told before".