Reviews

• This is a dark story as well as a frothy one. But the bubble of absurdist self-absorption in which Menzel places this specimen of man-child is exquisite.

  Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly
  
  27 May 2013

• It is a sumptuously told tale of childlike wonder in the face of darkest corruption and war, mixing high comedy, surreal sequences and genuine drama viewed from a wise, jaundiced perspective.

  Ray Bennett - The Hollywood Reporter
  
  27 May 2013

• The movie's main appeal is its special comic flavor -- a zesty fusion of picaresque adventure, absurdist whimsy and Chaplinesque grace.

  Joe Morgenstern - The Wall Street Journal
  
  27 May 2013

• It's a film filled with wicked satire and sex both joyful and pitiful.

  Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times
  
  27 May 2013

• Viewers will be swept away by the beauty of individual moments and by Ivan Barnev's extraordinary performance.

  Ruthe Stein - The San Francisco Chronicle
  
  27 May 2013