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38 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe director of "Rushmore" and "The Royal Tenenbaums" scores his most funny-sad movie to date.
- 90Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoLos Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoAn exquisitely evocative movie that elevates rueful melancholia to a superpower.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenWonderfully weird and wistful adventure-comedy about a fish-out-of-water oceanographer.
- 80The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensThe actor's (Murray) quiet, downcast presence modulates the antic busyness that encircles him, and his performance is a triumph of comic minimalism.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanAs someone who has warmed up to Anderson's work only gradually, I'd call this a step back for him, but I also can't help but wonder: Will he ever take that crucial step forward and stop saying, Isn't it ironic?
- 60Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonMurray is always pleasurable company, and his barely suppressed soulfulness might've supported this dawdling big-fish story if its insistent larkiness had abated and let a little reality in, as had "Rushmore."
- 60L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorSomewhere buried beneath all this ballast something is being said, again, about flawed middle-aged men falling from grace and redeeming themselves. This time I'm damned if I know what that something is.
- 50VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerThe effect is often soporific.
- 50Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternThere's a lot to appreciate here, especially Mr. Murray's variations on the sad but hopeful soul he played in "Rushmore" (and in "Lost In Translation"). Yet meanings get lost in a clutter of cleverness.
- 50USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkNothing but attitude.