The A.V. Club by Noel Murray

This isn't a film about abstract social ills, it's about specific people in a specific place, and how they get disturbingly comfortable with theft and violence as a way of life.

The New York Times by Stephen Holden

The movie filmed with nonactors, doesn't try to counteract stereotypes of the Roma people as shiftless, thieving hustlers. But it goes a long way toward explaining the antisocial behavior.

New York Post

The overall mood of Gypsy is despair.

New York Post by Farran Smith Nehme

The overall mood of Gypsy is despair.

Time Out by Joshua Rothkopf

Best are the film's tender ghostly visitations from Dad, evoked with a minimum of artiness, and the authentic, impoverished locations.

Village Voice

You might call it an old story with higher stakes, but a keen sensitivity to its moral difficulties and enlivening details sets Gypsy urgently apart.

Village Voice by Michelle Orange

You might call it an old story with higher stakes, but a keen sensitivity to its moral difficulties and enlivening details sets Gypsy urgently apart.

The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck

Although Martin Sulik's drama sheds light on typically unseen populations of Eastern Europe, the film, heavy on "Hamlet" allusions, may be overstuffed.

Slant Magazine by Bill Weber

A Slovakian character study of a boy ambivalently caught between worlds that ultimately squanders its promise.