Mighty Fine 2012

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Mighty Fine is an incisive portrait of an insecure, manic-depressive tyrant that Mr. Palminteri makes entirely believable. Read more

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: Hard to imagine how a movie can manage to be so underdeveloped yet so depressing at the same time, but "Mighty Fine" manages to pull it off. Read more

Mark Feeney, Boston Globe: Too many directions can be as much of a liability for a movie as too few, and "Mighty Fine" heads in all of them. Read more

Justin Lowe, Hollywood Reporter: Even a clever title can't galvanize this lightweight family drama. Read more

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: "Mighty Fine," unfortunately, isn't. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: A well-meaning but unstable hand at the tiller, and a propensity for charting plot points, rather than a clear narrative destination. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: Director Debbie Goodstein-Rosenfeld wraps so much narrative string around this slight ball it unravels messily, despite nice work from the reliable Palminteri. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: If you can overlook Andie MacDowell's Mitteleuropa accent as a Jewish Holocaust survivor (I know: big if), the cinematic roman a clef "Mighty Fine" has some quiet charms. Read more

Keith Uhlich, Time Out: Its most distinctive aspect, unfortunately, is the hilarious sight of MacDowell struggling to speak German-accented English. Read more

Nick Schager, Village Voice: The mood is generally melodramatic and ends as mushy, aided by the soft-focus cinematography that drenches it all in melancholic nostalgia. Read more