Critical Reception
Despite its limited release, Calendar 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 said of the movie,
| “ | If Calendar, like such earlier Egoyan films as The Adjuster and Speaking Parts, has to be pieced together backward, it is so finely constructed and beautifully acted a movie that its game of detective is quite enticing. Seamlessly edited, the film sustains a visual rhythm that is as confident as it is edgy. | ” |
However, not all reviews were positive. Rita Kempley of the Washington Post said, " approach remains far too cerebral to evoke more than intellectual interest".
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