Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Bill White

And who would have guessed that, in this age of excess and one-upmanship, when bigger is always better, the year's most romantic screen kiss would last a mere two seconds.

San Francisco Chronicle by Ruthe Stein

Worth seeing just to admire how Argentine writer-director Marcos Carnevale avoids so much as a whiff of condescension.

Chicago Tribune by Sid Smith

Though recalling a truckload of antecedents, "Harold and Maude" and "Sweet November" among them, Elsa & Fred manages enough fresh touches and performance subtleties to stand alone as an irresistible, bittersweet comedy.

TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh

Sentimental, formulaic, predictable and shamelessly manipulative, Marcos Carnevale’s tale of late-life love is also genuinely heartbreaking and heartening.

New York Post by Lou Lumenick

A disarming Spanish dramedy of late-life love, speaks a universal language.

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

A sweet but inconsequential romantic comedy.

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas

The film may be fearlessly sentimental, but it is sturdy enough to provide rewarding major roles for two veterans, who are of an age when such starring parts are rare.

NPR by Bob Mondello

By movie's end, director Marcos Carnevale has made it possible for you to see Elsa through Fred's eyes. Love has bloomed late -- but with sweet exuberance -- in this romantic charmer.

Variety by Jonathan Holland

Predictable fare that only occasionally fulfils its intention of being simultaneously heartbreaking and heartening.

Chicago Reader by J.R. Jones

This begins to get interesting in the home stretch, as the woman's chronic deception begins to catch up with her, but for the most part it's an extended Geritol commercial.