100
One of the best films of the year.
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75
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
Energetic acting and perky filmmaking help this likable Argentine comedy-drama avoid the sentimentality that intermittently threatens it.
90
Unflaggingly genial and universally funny.
70
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
A warm and affectionate Argentine film of wide appeal that is an Academy Award nominee in the foreign-language category.
75
Portland Oregonian by Kim Morgan
A movie that will wear you out and make you misty even when you don't want to be. It's a gushy, sometimes-maudlin, often-charming movie that highlights the importance of little things.
88
Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman
Turn a potentially unforgettable movie into a broad crowd-pleaser that sustains itself on three acting performances.
88
Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington
It's fresh, funny, biting, fast-paced and reasonably perceptive about people and their problems.
40
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
May be as exhaustive a study of one man's midlife crisis as has ever been brought to the screen. But as the movie lopes along, exhaustive becomes exhausting.
80
Washington Post by Stephen Hunter
Even the digressions are funny.
75
Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea
It's a wise and endearing little film.