“…captures our anguished striving to crawl out of our own morass.”

“…flirts with greatness, even if it doesn’t quite attain it.”

“In the subgenre of movies that capture (or at least artfully dramatize) the birth of beautiful music, Frank is a stunner.”

“Bacall slinks onto the screen asking Bogart for matches and walks away with the entire movie.”

“I can’t help but melt underneath this movie: it chisels away the cynic and gets at the sap.”

“…many implausibilities undermine the potency Sweet Nothing could have had.”

“Hopkins takes on his own raging bull, risking audience alienation in each scene.”

“…a death penalty drama that nearly bores its audience to, well, death.”

“…revealed how a true movie is a juxtaposition of images, not simply a filmed play.”

“…makes for entertaining drama, but unconvincing history.”