“Winner of the Gotham Award for Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You, this powerful, iconoclastic pic could gain a cult following. Adventurous distribs, take note.”
-Ronnie Scheib, Variety
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“…a living, breathing demonstration of pure cinema.”
-Tom Hall, Back Row Manifesto Indiewire Blog
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“…Miss Me gets its milieu’s bathroom-sex stink and, in scenes like the sudden slash of insults between Shelly and a girlfriend on a spoiled weekend trip, has a pure 180-proof burn.”
-Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
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“Part of what makes “You Wont Miss Me” so hypnotic, so emotional, and ultimately so successful is the bulldozer trapped in a tornado that is Stella Schnabel.”
-James Ponsoldt, Filmmaker Magazine
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“…a wrenching and beautifully shot character study…”
-Andrew O’Hair, Salon
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“…an artful collage that brings to life one of the more dynamic, complicated, and fully formed young female protagonists of recent memory.”
-Michael Tully, Hammer to Nail
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“…writer/director Russo-Young and co-writer/star Stella Schnabel remind us how rare it is to see a film about the inner life of a beautiful, troubled young lady without the objectifying filter of the male gaze, without the beauty and the trouble fusing into a fantasy cipher of a postmodern damsel in distress.”
-Karina Longworth, Spout
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“…a well-constructed, sharply observed, unsentimental modern-moment “Alice in Wonderland.” The final shot of the movie is a gorgeous slap, prompting that reference, ending with just the right note of the character’s knack for provocation but also her essentially uncentered existence.”
-Ray Pride, Movie City News
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Lena Dunham talks with Ry Russo-Young on Interview Magazine’s film blog
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Fun Fact: If you google “You Wont Miss Me” you will eventually stumble across this craigslist posting

Listen to the podcast with Stella Schnabel and Ry Russo-Young at GreenCine Daily with Aaron Hillis.