While working as a night-shift nurse to support her son Ciel (Daniel J. Gordon), she meets and enters into a relationship with Silence (Clark Johnson), a troubled and brooding boxer who becomes a father figure for the young boy.

[4] Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail praised the film, writing that "contrasting with the different colour schemes associated with different milieus (gym, hospital, home), there are lovely free-wheeling shots of bicycle trips through Toronto's downtown alleys that cast a fresh eye on the city.

And as the film progresses, instead of dramatic fireworks, there are moments of pop-up inspiration reminiscent of Lars von Trier at his most precious and startling - a trio of Jamaican angels singing a spiritual, a character who suddenly pops up in the midst of an azure sea.

Dank back alleys and sterile hospital wings may not seem like typically appealing locations to film, but Officer has a genuine gift for creating beautiful images in otherwise grim urban settings.

"[3] Writing for The Province, Katherine Monk dismissed the film as "a pastiche of TV plots and earnest Canadian dialogue, this well-intentioned movie is tainted by the beige brush of CBC drama where people are conflicted about every moment of their lives and often find themselves staring out the window, lacing their fingers together with a pained expression, or sighing heavily as the music swells."