“…an exercise in anti-glam for the Hollywood icon, even if Pacino still delivers a few signature, hoo-hah flourishes here and there.”

“…has wonderful moments in which the carefree nature of childhood is held in bittersweet tension with the yearning to be an adult.”

“…stands apart from the French New Wave in that it is very much the story of a woman, not about a woman.”

“…playfulness is the defining characteristic, even if what it largely entails is a tragic gender gap of fatal proportions.”

“…a familiar yarn told in a somewhat unfamiliar drawl.”

“The bold cinematic techniques Welles employed in Citizen Kane are put to even more sophisticated use here.”

“One of the great movie mind benders.”

“…captures the tremors of illicit emotion that lie just below gilded surfaces.”

“…a full-blown exercise in mid-century film feminism.”

“Not a Hollywood spoof or satire, but an evisceration.”