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Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: Chilean director Sebastian Lelio stalks his heroine around Santiago with the enthusiasm of a man who's discovered a new wildlife species in remote Madagascar. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: With someone else in the central role, "Gloria" might have been cloyingly sentimental or downright maudlin. With Ms. Garcia on hand, it's a mostly convincing celebration of unquenchable energy. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: By the end, we dance with her, living in the moment as she does, not looking ahead to life's next turn. Read more
Mike D'Angelo, AV Club: It's utterly realistic about the challenges of looking for love in an age group consisting almost entirely of people who've failed, in one form or another, at creating a viable long-term partnership. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: Audiences intuitively search for someone to root for in a film, and Garcia's Gloria, who's in practically every frame of the movie, fits that bill perfectly. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: "Gloria," a charmer from Chile, is a character portrait of a woman the movies rarely notice: Divorced, hovering around 60, not especially interested in self-pity. Read more
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: This is a driven, indelible character -- like the women Gena Rowlands played for John Cassavetes -- and you fear her going over the edge not least because you suspect you'd follow her. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: Were it not for Garcia's performance, Gloria might have turned into a bedraggled bore. Fortunately, there's always something to look at whenever she is on screen, which is most of the time. She becomes something she never intended to be - a heroine. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: "Gloria" is that rare work, a truly adult film. By its end, you want to cheer the simple act of living. Read more
Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly: The leads give subtle, poignant performances that stick with you. Read more
David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: Funny, melancholy and ultimately uplifting, Sebastian Lelio's enormously satisfying spell inside the head and heart of a middle-aged woman never puts a foot wrong. Read more
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: Chilean director Sebastian Lelio's near-perfect film about the very imperfect world of a divorced woman of a certain age. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: The movie lets you make up your own mind about this vivacious woman, who is doing her best not to surrender to her inner loneliness. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: The message, if one needs to look for one, is that the course of romance is no smoother at 50 than it is at 15, when heedlessness is an advantage to plunging into love. Read more
David Denby, New Yorker: The film grows in power-it's unnerving and reassuring at the same time. Read more
Ella Taylor, NPR: Gloria is told entirely from its leading lady's point of view, and her mobile features, shot from every possible angle, register pain, amusement, exasperation and a kind of befuddled ecstasy. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: Astute, unpretentious and thrillingly humane ... Read more
Michael Sragow, Orange County Register: Hitchcock once said that other directors made slices of life; he made pieces of cake. Lelio's feat is that he's made a slice of life that's a piece of cake, too. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Gloria, spare and keenly observed, plays like a short story - there is no sweeping narrative arc, no momentous triumph or calamity. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: We don't make movies in America like Gloria, so we have to import them. I wish we'd import more -- and make a few, as well. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Chilean actress Paulina Garcia's performance in "Gloria" is simply flabbergasting. Read more
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Gloria" is a character study, one that's pitiful in the compassionate sense of the word. Read more
Mary Houlihan, Chicago Sun-Times: The film belongs to Garcia, who is in literally every shot. Wafting over Garcia's face at different moments are contentment, frustration, loneliness, disappointment, happiness. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Whether you appreciate Gloria as a portrait of a vital woman, muddling through life's middle chapters, or as an allegory of Chilean resilience, the message is the same: Let's face the music and dance. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Not quite a comedy and not quite a drama, this Chilean film looks at middle age from a refreshingly even-handed perspective, not a wacky or tragic one. Read more
Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Sebastian Lelio's fine film boasts subtly nuanced, plausible performances, none more so than Paulina Garcia as the strong-willed, fun-loving but sometimes lonely protagonist. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice: I overheard someone call it a "midlife crisis drama." The comment was clueless for lots of reasons, most notably because there's no crisis in Gloria at all, which is what makes it so marvelous. Read more
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: It's rife with disappointment and humiliation. But bleakness does not preclude buoyancy. It still manages to leave you with the urge to dance. Read more
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: For the most part, "Gloria" is a day brightener of a character study about finding someone new and making the same old mistakes. Read more