ou bt edly ▁be ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁high ▁points ▁of ▁this ▁year ' s ▁Santa ▁Barbara ▁International ▁Film ▁Festival . ▁Despite ▁dark ▁undert ones , ▁Jones ▁emer ges ▁as ▁an ▁u pl ifting ▁tale ▁of ▁reb irth ▁and ▁re dem ption , ▁with ▁some ▁wonderful ▁acting ▁at ▁its ▁core ... A aron ' s ▁modern - day ▁f able ▁mix es ▁tra ged y ▁in ▁with ▁abs urd ▁humor ▁to ▁great ▁effect ... A aron ▁is ▁a ▁talent ▁worthy ▁of ▁notice , ▁and ▁one ▁that ▁we ▁will ▁hopefully ▁be ▁seeing ▁much ▁more ▁of ▁in ▁the ▁future ." ▁- K en ▁Miller ▁ ▁The ▁Hollywood ▁Re porter : ▁ ▁A aron ▁and ▁Catal ano ▁" make ▁an ▁impress ive ▁feature ▁debut ... [ with ] ▁odd ball ▁charm ▁and ▁l ively ▁performances ▁to ▁match [, ] ▁the ▁low - bud get ▁picture ▁might ▁sc are ▁away ▁distrib utors ▁looking ▁for ▁a ▁safe ▁bet , ▁but ▁it ▁should ▁still ▁serve ▁as ▁a ▁consp ic uous ▁calling ▁card ▁for ▁its ▁mult if ac et ed ▁cre ator ." ▁ ▁- Michael ▁Recht sh affen ▁ ▁Box office ▁Magazine : ▁ ▁" le ad / direct or / screen writer / produ cer ▁Joe ▁A aron ▁has ▁made ▁a ▁passion ately ▁felt ▁picture ▁in ▁which ▁his ▁multi - hy phen ate ▁invol vement ▁does ▁not ▁diss ip ate ▁the ▁results ▁but ▁deep ens ▁them ... A aron ' s ▁great ▁achiev ement ▁here ▁in ▁this ▁spare ly ▁produced ▁tale , ▁which ▁had ▁its ▁world ▁premi ere ▁at