“…transports us to a place that no longer feels temporal, but spiritual.”

“…about the ability of melodrama to speak to, and rise from, our mundane lives.”

“Truffaut imbues the movie with the irrepressible energy and optimism of youth.”

“These days are both electric and exhausted.”

“…mostly effective because of what it keeps in check.”

“A screenplay in a movie’s clothing…”

“…effortlessly moves us between past and present, personal and political.”

“…in its reenactment of a miraculous feat, the movie achieves a tender sort of transcendence.”

“…the law may be casting something of a shadow, but it’s the harsh landscape – wild lawlessness – that dominates the frame.”

“…Depp enters each scene as if he’s just come from a costume party, and won.”