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Vincent Canby, New York Times: Though most of the tension of the theatrical presentation is gone, the movie preserves a lot of the play's lunatic humor. It also understands the Shepard concern for characters who have somehow found themselves cut loose from any social roots. Read more
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Altman's staging only underlines the pretentious vagaries built into Shepard's concept. Read more
Noel Murray, AV Club: Fool For Love is too removed from the real world to connect as more than a spooky, extradimensional love story. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: With Fool for Love, he has succeeded on two levels that seem opposed to each other. He has made a melodrama, almost a soap opera, in which the characters achieve a kind of nobility. Read more