SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2001
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“You find Lea Pool’s “Lost and Delirious” to be one of the most carefully crafted, most professional films you’ve seen at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.”
… “a superbly told story, with grace and grand romantic gestures”.

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan. 24th, 2001

…“Pool, working with screenwriter Judith Thompson, locates the racing pulse of an emotionally starved teenager’s frantic attempt to preserve the only love she has ever known. They’ve given Perabo a complex, disturbing role. And the American actress returns the favour with a vivid performance that captures the out-of-control elevator ride that is unhinged adolescence”.

Stephen Cole
National Post

… “The story is bolstered by a gutsy lead performance from Piper Perabo…”
“Perabo strides through her role with imposing physical intensity…”

David Rooney
Variety

“…All in their teens or early 20s, the actors give powerful, improvisatory, and emotionally sensitive performances.”
“…striking control of mood and atmosphere to reflect growing emotional tension; and finely polished cinematography. This Gothic tale of love’s blooming, innocent ecstasy, and ultimate obsessions is a tour de force.”

Nicole Guillemet
Programmer
Sundance Film Festival

“…it’s a powerful, well acted drama that addresses broader emotional notions of familial bonds, love and passion”.
“…The character’s fate may be tragic, but Perabo’s interpretation of her is something of a triumph.”

Glen Helfand
Reviewer
Sundance Film Festival

“…you can see that Léa Pool wants an atmosphere charged with adolescent beauty and sensuality, and she gets it”.

Howie Movshovitz
Reviewer
Sundance Film Festival

…“Another electrifying actress is Piper Perabo in Lea Pool’s “Lost and Delirious”. This was one of the most purely absorbing and entertaining film of the festival, the story of three boarding-school girls, with Perabo as a heroine in love with grand passionate gestures. Her energy and exuberance lift the film into the realm of courageous, heedless romance”.

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan. 31st, 2001