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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: [Nanni] Moretti makes this 'study' in despair a naggingly neutral, at times borderline coy experience. Read more
V.A. Musetto, New York Post: Moretti gives his usual excellent performance. But the script throws in too many other elements while it should be concentrating on the father-daughter relationship. Read more
Dave Calhoun, Time Out: A thoughtful portrait of the purgatory of grief that prefers small incidences and exchanges over grand gestures of sentiment and revelation. It's sad - but never cloying. Read more
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Jay Weissberg, Variety: Beautifully modulated, fluidly told film expresses pain with warm understatement. Read more
Ella Taylor, Village Voice: Not even the momentary participation extraordinaire of a vertically challenged famous filmmaker self-exiled from the United States can save this phony pseudo-drama from its final collapse into a heap of inconsequence and male vanity. Read more