Night Train to Lisbon

Slant Magazine by Bill Weber

Bille August's film is a protracted, soporific trip into Portuguese history that would like to be a romantic thriller.

Village Voice by Calum Marsh

Gentle has its charms, and August's vision of the world, archaic though it may willingly be, is appealingly urbane .

New York Post by Farran Smith Nehme

It’s all terribly talky and low-energy; that wonderful noirish title, it turns out, was just a front for a history lecture.

The Playlist by Jessica Kiang

Bloodless, far too genteel, and perfectly content to continually tell where a little showing would be nice; Night Train to Lisbon ends up a deeply unadventurous adventure story.

New York Daily News by Joe Neumaier

Murder on the Orient Express, this ain’t.

Time Out by Keith Uhlich

Take the last train to anywhere but here.

McClatchy-Tribune News Service by Roger Moore

An old fashioned romantic mystery that benefits from a wizened, much-honored cast and a still-exotic setting.

The New York Times by Stephen Holden

After barely stirring to life, Night Train to Lisbon mercifully expires.