The young writer-director of "Winter Solstice," Josh Sternfeld, bravely swims against the currents of popular cinema with this quiet, meditative slice of life, where nearly all the emotions are unspoken. [...] is a difference between an economy of means and absolute narrative poverty. [...] much is unspoken and this slice of reality is so thin and slow as to make the film downright unsatisfying.

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