Boys in the Band than a gay Big Chill , says Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly . The New York Times ' Stephen Holden, in dissent, extols the film's richly nuanced performances and its intense mood of Chekhovian sadness.
Holden says the film conveys a lot of feeling.
It seemed to have no effect, however; apparently the sun was not supposed to melt the sky when it was in place--so the little sun didn't melt the shell.