Rich Cline

Everything here is broad and very silly, but the offbeat foreign vibe keeps us intrigued, mostly because the film's sense of humor is so unusual and unexpected.

The only complaint is that the plot ultimately tries to take over the character drama with twists, turns and some rather pointed preachiness. But at least it's fiercely smart about it. And Algrant's final shot is gorgeous.

Amazingly realistic and engaging drama about society punctuated with both humor and grittiness.

Director Danny Boyle ("Trainspotting") has a terrific eye, so the film as a whole is very well directed, with clever camera work that builds the tension and actually jolts us out of our seats a few times.

It's funny, sassy and enjoyable, even though the screenplay is rather weak.

Performances are spot-on from the entire cast; each memorable character is finely detailed and full of eccentricities that are beautifully underplayed.

This isn't a straight-on comedy by a long shot. It's a quirky character study that will make everyone in the audience laugh at different places.

This is a timeless tale; the time period is irrelevant as the story is a profoundly personal one about trying to reject the strong internal drive for vengeance.

It's quite difficult to find a character we can remotely identity with. This is frustrating because the film is so profoundly well written, acted and filmed.

Not terribly engaging, but surprisingly moving.

This is brilliant filmmaking.

Nighy is superb as usual in a much meatier role than even he usually gets. And Byrne makes her character far more three-dimensional than the shallow creature she could have been.

This is a spacious, robust movie that grabs hold of us and doesn't let go for nearly three hours.

This is by the books in every way, funny and undemanding ... and also rather sweet and heartwarming.

Despite the bits that work brilliantly, the movie as a whole really only works as an experimental curiosity.

As a whole, the film is perhaps a bit too gentle and meandering, but it's jammed full of superb moments.

It's a remarkable film; the dialogue takes our breath away with its sharp skewering of expectations and realities, the bleak honesty is balanced by the freshness of real life and moments of raw truth and comedy -- Don't miss it.

This is a very simple story, but it builds beautifully to an endearing and witty romance.

The film has a riveting central narrative, the performances are compelling and, most of all, we need to hear more immigration stories like this.

It captures both the exhilaration and tedium of the filmmaking process--and of looking for and finding passion wherever it might be.

This is the kind of film you can watch over and over again on several levels, especially as you mine the script for knowing jokes about the theatre (it's packed with them).