I Believe in Unicorns is one of the most authentic and down-to-earth coming of age stories I've seen in cinema ...
A unique and gently striking style, resulting in an appealing left-field story of teen love, adventure and trauma ...
The film's authenticity sustains itself because of Meyerhoff's creative attention to detail and the small cast's top-notch acting ...
Refreshing in its sexual frankness and uniquely feminine perspective on young love’s complications, the dreamily evocative Unicorns is a beautiful 16mm nightmare...
Haunting, and beautiful, and as painful as love can be, "I Believe in Unicorns" left me musing on the power of our personal magic, wondering why we choose to spend it where we do...
I Believe in Unicorns offers an alternative role model for teen girls in her resourceful, willful protagonist ...
Shooting a film on Super 16 is about as rare these days as, I don't know, spotting a unicorn ...
The filmmaker's unwavering commitment to make both realms as real as other is what separates the film from other coming-of-age stories, unmistakable in its authenticity ...
Two of the eight films competing for the Best Narrative Feature prize are directed or co-directed by a woman...
US in Progress Paris have selected film items from the likes of Michael Tully, Leah Meyerhoff ...
I'll consider my films successful if girls in the middle of nowhere see them and feel there's a kindred spirit out there.
So the movie is part magical realism, and part sort of hyper neo-realism.