Spring Forward was made with the modesty and care that should be the hallmarks of American independent cinema.
-- A.O. Scott, New York Times
Fully realized….Moving…. Spring Forward leaves one with that rarest of feelings: a heightened awareness of the human capacity for good.
-- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Time
Spring Forward is playwright-turned-filmmaker Tom Gilroy's magnificently understated character drama…a torrent of confession, tenderness and sensitivity… a story about the life beyond this movie, about the great. changes in life we never give ourselves time to consider. And for a moviegoing experience, that's a lot of bang for your buck.
-- Desson Howe, Washington Post
Intriguingly allusive…Rigorously precise, writer-director Tom Gilroy’s Spring Forward a is rich yet subtlety detailed character driven drama. [Gilroy] has a perfect- pitch ear for unaffectedly colloquial dialogue…
-- Joe Leydon, Variety
It's a gift to witness such masters at their craft.
-- Film Comment
A truly rare American film.
-- Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Tom Gilroy's Spring Forward, is a pantheon of filmmaking talent.
-- The Editors, Filmmaker Magazine
A resonance that is moving beyond all measure.
-- Chuck Wilson, LA Weekly
A movie that defies commercialism in its sensitivity and pureness of heart; critics and audiences have clung to the film at U.S. festivals like a life preserver.
-- Katherine Dieckman, indieWIRE
Spring Forward exemplifies what American indies should be best at: modesty, attentive realism, conceptual rigor, believable performances, and a healthy, uncommercial respect for real people, real talk, and real life.
-- Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Spring Forward boasts restraint and subtlety all too rare in today's cinema….
-- Frank Schenck, Hollywood Reporter
Press links:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-02-02-0102020227-story.html
https://www.villagevoice.com/2000/12/05/in-the-company-of-everymen/