“…like the fever dreams of someone in the midst of a renovation project that’s teetering on the edge of disaster.”

“…we don’t know what the distressed main character is capable of—and he doesn’t either.”

“Cruz embraces a maternal side that is at once nurturing and ferocious.”

“There’s an overall sense of men trying to keep out a spectral presence they don’t understand.”

“…deftly interrogates the idolization of art and the lionization of artists.”

“Full of nuance and understanding…”

“…has the same unsentimental empathy evident in the likes of Reprise and Oslo, August 31st.”

“A testament to art as something that’s essential — rather than a frivolous activity for those who have money, “taste,” or time.”

“…an ambling, deceptively breezy, and incredibly sweet effort from Paul Thomas Anderson.”