Kritzer becomes more openly irritable as her character wearies of her mother's impaired thought processes and prickly barbs.

WSJ: Review: 'Memory Show' is poignant musical on loss

The style is entertaining for a while, but eventually wearies.

WSJ: Book Review: The Futures

The shaky camera wearies the eye but beguiles the mind, as if the filmmakers, aping the style of home movies, were also borrowing their function and fabricating sweet memories before our eyes, indulging in nostalgia for the present.

NEWYORKER: Baghead