Quote:
"Munro's story gets a canny, admirable adaptation from Sarah Polley, the accomplished Canadian actress making her feature directorial debut. Apart from being a film about old age from a woman in her late 20s, Away from Her is a film rich in paradoxes. Much of the film's style is dreamy, from the snow-covered Ontario landscapes suggestive of a blanket of forgetfulness, to Julie Christie's pale, intoxicating beauty, to the ambient musical score. Yet this is a story that's also spiked with suppressed anguish and unexpected emotional reversals."
-- Liam Lacey

Source:
Lacey, Liam. "Sarah Polley makes an assured directing debut." Globe and Mail, May 4, 2007.