Good Morning, Night(Buongiorno, notte)

Salon by Andrew O'Hehir

It's a strange and murky movie, at times a frustrating one, but I also found it profoundly moving in a way no regular thriller ever is.

The New York Times by Dana Stevens

At times Good Morning, Night feels as claustrophobic as the apartment itself, and you may feel that the director is handling his volatile material with a bit too much delicacy. But the movie's atmosphere is a curious mixture of obliqueness and intensity.

Variety by David Rooney

Numerous filmmakers have attempted to dramatize the terrorist activity that gripped Italy in the 1970s, but few have done so with the unsettling power of Marco Bellocchio's Good Morning, Night.

New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman

Though he doesn't possess the dangerous confusion of his tragically misguided heroes, veteran director Marco Bellocchio does share their capacity for raising thought-provoking points that end in an ineffectual tangle.

Village Voice by J. Hoberman

Like its oxymoronic title, Good Morning, Night is sober yet filled with fancy. There's a wistful aspect to the movie.

Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum

It has been called both detached and loaded, unfairly slanted as well as balanced by some of its critics--I can only testify that I found the film both troubling and absorbing over two separate viewings.

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

It's a thoughtful and ultimately chilling take on a tragedy that still has the power to disturb and divide.

The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt

The writer-director's inquiry into this tragedy makes for a moving and intelligent film, but the dark story never feels fully realized.

The A.V. Club by Nathan Rabin

Bellocchio's film, which enlivens the grim realities of months in a stuffy apartment with striking bursts of lyricism, is often a powerful cautionary tale about the dangers of becoming a slave to ideology.

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

Combining a thoughtful script with splendid acting -- especially by Sansa -- Bellocchio has fashioned a tense thriller that is both understated and powerful.