Entertainment Weekly by Sabrina McFarland

He (Turturro) lands a three-way with two eager ladies (Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara), but it’s his platonic meet-up with a lonely Hasidic widow (Vanessa Paradis) that establishes the deepest bond.

NPR by Bob Mondello

Turturro's direction owes a little something to Spike Lee, and a lot to Allen, who reportedly had a hand in helping refine the script — certainly his own lines sound as if he's simply riffing in character. Together they succeed in keeping the mood light, even as the filmmaker is gently tugging the plot in other directions — to look at loneliness, and longing, and heartbreak.

Village Voice by Stephanie Zacharek

Fading Gigolo is a breeze, enjoyable both for its sweetness and its unapologetic silliness.

Time Out by Joshua Rothkopf

Turturro, writing and directing in a register light-years from his nebbishy turn in "Barton Fink," has a more sensual NYC indie in mind.

Variety by Peter Debruge

John Turturro brings sensitivity and intelligence to a subject that could have gone terribly awry in Fading Gigolo.

The Guardian by Catherine Shoard

Turturro has given Allen his biggest and best on-screen turn in years: the part was written for him and it's full of scope for amiable kvetching and nimble slapstick.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Adam Nayman

The preposterousness of this plot marks Fading Gigolo as a vanity project, but it’s hard to take Turturro too much to task when he hits so many other grace notes in between blowing his own horn.

Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman

Fading Gigolo, a movie as slight and tender as its leading character, leaves you feeling you’ve just seen one of the few Woody Allen movies Allen didn’t write or direct.

Philadelphia Inquirer by David Hiltbrand

This is a very New York film with a distinctly vintage atmosphere thanks to the sepia tint and cool jazz that plays throughout scenes - and sometimes over the dialogue.

Miami Herald by René Rodríguez

In Fading Gigolo, writer-director John Turturro turns what could have easily been a crass and unpleasant comedy into something soulful and substantial — with a lot of laughs, too.