“…benefits from surprising, almost surreal moments.”

“…has an ugly honesty you’ll rarely find outside of the films of John Cassavetes.”

“…tries to reconcile what is heard and experienced in church with what is seen and felt when Sunday service is over.”

“…a mesmerizing mood piece about personal alienation and national dislocation.”

“…a wake for a genre—Scorsese’s personal type of guilt-soaked, blood-spattered, Catholic gangster films in particular.”

“A stately, handsome World War II drama…”

“…one of Almodovar’s least exuberant productions – and one of his best.”

“The movie’s morality lies in its form.”

“…a provocatively toxic time capsule for an era of misguided rage.”

“A predictable narrative is given rich contours…”