“Self-laceratingly funny, yet always human.”

“A signature achievement and utterly exhausting.”

“…hinges on a brilliantly comic performance from Ralph Fiennes.”

“…doubles as a treatise on the American experiment as a whole.”

“Never has a movie belonged so wholly to its stars.”

“…at its best when it is at its most anarchic.”

“The movie’s silly-smart pleasures are almost endless…”

“…quivers with disquietude.”

“…a wise comedic drama about the necessary lies we tell each other (and ourselves).”

“When Fellini turns down the volume, a soft sense of magic seeps in…”