“Maria Kimberly is the comic partner you never knew Tati needed.”

“A Wong Kar-wai comedy?”

“…a ‘clown show,’ and far smarter than you might think about being one.”

“…affection, not derision, lead the way.”

“…has a comic claustrophobia that almost makes you choke.”

“The Good News is something of a siren this movie can’t resist.”

“…at once the most fun and the least fun of the Coen brothers’ films.”

“…a somber, almost defeated work.”

“I don’t know if Warren Beatty has ever been funnier.”

“…has an unexpected sense of benevolence.”