“A softer version of Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster…”

“Sensory cinema of a particularly perceptive kind…”

“…one of Anderson’s most potently political films.”

“…an experiment in narration, but to a powerful emotional purpose.”

“…a wittily verbose master class on the way voice can be employed in fiction.”

“…about the subjectivity of observation, experience, and memory.”

“…slides in and out and among time, in the same manner that our memories come to us.”

“Has Martin Scorsese’s camera ever had as much fun as it does here?”

“…a meditation on innocence, corruption, and supposed civilization.”

“Robertson’s music has a rhythm that you can’t — or at least shouldn’t — trust.”