Eleanor the Great

"Misjudged and naive about the implications of its Holocaust theme."

"Jackpot combination of being tear-inducing and laugh-out-loud funny."

"Squibb navigates the muddle of it nimbly."

"Some dizzying tonal imbalances."

"The 95-year-old actor has her showiest role yet in a mouthy comedy that's also a sentimental Holocaust weeper."

"Squibb’s lively performance makes it memorable."

"Johansson’s direction keeps things simple in a way that the hurried screenplay doesn’t."

"The images within the film are too general and familiar..."

"A little predictable, a little bizarre, a little funny, and very sad."

"Johansson directs the proceedings simply, like a classic New York character drama."

"A drama that tries to be a comedy, and a comedy that doesn’t know that it is in fact a drama."