through the messages left by his estranged wife. Critical reception Due to its limited release, Calendar did not receive many reviews in the mainstream media. However, it received mostly positive reactions. It has a 100 percent rating at Rotten Tomatoes and was nominated for Best Achievement in Direction and Best Screenplay at the 1993 Genie Awards. Stephen Holden of The New York Times highly praised the movie, Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader gave the film four stars out of four (masterpiece) and opened his enthusiastic review with the following sentence: "In terms of craft, originality, and intelligence, there are few young filmmakers in the world today to match Atom Egoyan...". However, not all reviews were positive. Rita Kempley of The Washington Post said, "[Egoyan's] approach remains far too cerebral to evoke more than intellectual interest". References External links 1993 multilingual films 1993 films Canadian drama films 1993 drama films German multilingual films Armenian multilingual films Canadian multilingual films 1990s English-language films English-language Canadian films English-language German films English-language Armenian films Armenian-language films Canadian independent films Films directed by Atom Egoyan Films set in Armenia Films set in Toronto German independent films Armenian independent films Armenian drama films 1993 independent films 1990s Canadian films