Washington Post by Christopher Kompanek

Feelings of displacement — of loss of home, country and language — are balanced by the vivid imagination of a better existence. In other words, Radio Dreams is a quintessentially American stor

Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein

Jalali peppers this darkly funny, often absurdist piece with enough socio-political messaging to add heft but not didacticism. It all makes for a singular, well-observed balancing act.

The New York Times by Glenn Kenny

The movie’s tree-falling-in-the-forest-with-no-one-to-hear-it denouement is an apt but not entirely hopeless metaphor for the condition of its characters.

Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl

The film examines, with wit and patience, the hard work of community-building — and the toll on someone far from home, doing work that’s not his calling.

Variety by Catherine Bray

Radio Dreams is a witty, low-key exercise in deferred gratification.

RogerEbert.com by Nick Allen

Radio Dreams is an example of both the compelling passion and polarizing fallibility that can arise when a director works primarily from the heart.