Vincent will meer 2010

Paul Brunick, New York Times: The principal characters can be reduced to a handful of tics, and the entire story line is immaculately devoid of incidental detail. It's like sitting in a padded cell for about 90 minutes. Read more

Sam Adams, Time Out: If Vincent Wants to Sea proves nothing else, it's that a moronically quirky take on mental illness is no more palatable when it's subtitled. Read more

John Hartl, Seattle Times: Like a lot of recent foreign and independent films, "Vincent Wants to Sea" tends to thrash around while its creators try to locate a finale that's neither obvious nor unrealistic. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: This is a bright, broad, silly, harmless movie whose sweetness is a means to an end: "Escape From Sesame Street.'' Read more

Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter: The picture's quiet performances and occasionally surprising moments take it just far enough off the beaten path to make it more than a transparently formulaic feel-good story. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: What's missing is any of the real-life messiness that might have lifted this material from its creatively tic-ridden confines. Read more

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Vincent Wants to Sea" never deviates from the predictable bonding-through-misadventure script, and it has little to teach us about the nature and treatment of the traveler's respective maladies. Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: Predictability gives way to touching drama. Read more