“…caters to the Gerwig persona while also sanding off the edges of Baumbach’s usual bitterness.”

“Has self-flagellation ever been this elegant?”

“Carelessness – physical, emotional, intellectual and relational – is something of a virus in L’Avventura.”

“If you’re able to make it through the first party scene at Gatsby’s mansion, you’ll come out on the other side to find a film of surprising restraint and patience.”

“…works on its own idiosyncratic wavelength, one that isn’t alienating, but isn’t quite approachable either.”

“Where’s Doc Brown when you need him?”

“…beats you into submission – not unlike the whooping of righteous indignation that Henry Fonda gives to his fellow jurors in the movie.”

“In Spielberg, the cosmic has dinner-table consequences.”

“…lingers as a sensational fever dream.”