Salon by Andrew O'Hehir

Thoroughly wonderful.

Miami Herald by Marta Barber

Don't try to figure Emilia's family out. Just sit back and let this family scrapbook move along.

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

Director-writer Pablo Tapero keeps the proceedings low-key and realistic. He doesn't hit you over the head with his ideas, yet he manages to say a lot about human nature.

The New York Times by Stephen Holden

Rolling Family is not a movie of ideas but an emotional and tactile experience of economy-class travel. In surveying a large swath of the Argentine landscape, it could be a companion piece to "The Motorcycle Diaries."

The Hollywood Reporter by Michael Rechtshaffen

Filmmaker Trapero, a proponent of the New Argentine Cinema, employs a minimalist naturalism to tell what is obviously a very personal story that, at the same time, is certain to elicit widespread sighs of familiarity.

Variety by Deborah Young

The film has humanity to burn, but its loose structure makes it hard to connect with the multiple characters.

Chicago Reader by J.R. Jones

This Argentinean comedy is short on plot and leisurely in its character development, though by the end it's become a modest and genial portrait of a dysfunctional family.

Village Voice

The repeated sight of cute roadside animals and kissing cousins doesn't much enliven the long trip, and while Graciana Chironi lends humanity to the role of the white-shawl-wearing, high-blood-pressure-battling Gramma, the movie rarely if ever crosses the border between familiarity and surprise.

Chicago Tribune

The wedding site at the end of the road offers beautiful vistas overlooking Brazil, but it's hardly worth the trip.

The A.V. Club by Noel Murray

Still, after an hour and a half of exquisite photography and mushy action, audiences may well ask the unspoken question that plays across the faces of the Rolling Family clan right before the closing credits. Was it worth it?