Comedy rarely comes so bleak, and depression is rarely so funny.

~ Anton Bitel -

Comedy rarely comes so bleak, and depression is rarely so funny.

~ Anton Bitel -

The director has a flare for encapsulating a world of emotion in a single moment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The director has a flare for encapsulating a world of emotion in a single moment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Kaurismäki regular Outinen proves herself the divine muse of minimalism, conveying more emotion with her stony facial expressions than a whole marquee's worth of shrill starlets could manage.

~ Anton Bitel -

Kaurismäki regular Outinen proves herself the divine muse of minimalism, conveying more emotion with her stony facial expressions than a whole marquee's worth of shrill starlets could manage.

~ Anton Bitel -

Kaurismaki's crazy vision is so original that he is forgiven everything - except boredom.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Kaurismaki's crazy vision is so original that he is forgiven everything - except boredom.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Though most of the story is unrelentingly grim, it's always watchable, absorbing despite its depressing atmosphere.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though most of the story is unrelentingly grim, it's always watchable, absorbing despite its depressing atmosphere.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though each filmmaker provides typical servings of his own respective style in responding to the brief at hand, this portmanteau piece is predictably uneven.

~ Michael Pattison -

Though each filmmaker provides typical servings of his own respective style in responding to the brief at hand, this portmanteau piece is predictably uneven.

~ Michael Pattison -

Director Aki Kaurismäki's latest is a humanist hug of a fable, which concludes that while big miracles may happen, it's the everyday 'miracles' people create for one another that really count.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Director Aki Kaurismäki's latest is a humanist hug of a fable, which concludes that while big miracles may happen, it's the everyday 'miracles' people create for one another that really count.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An amuse-bouche of a film, Aki Kaurismäki’s latest comedy romance may leave you wanting more but it’s also a fully rounded, good looking experience packed with all the flavours we’ve come to expect from the master of deadpan down the years.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An amuse-bouche of a film, Aki Kaurismäki’s latest comedy romance may leave you wanting more but it’s also a fully rounded, good looking experience packed with all the flavours we’ve come to expect from the master of deadpan down the years.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A compelling blend of gritty realism and escapist fantasy.

~ Anton Bitel -

A compelling blend of gritty realism and escapist fantasy.

~ Anton Bitel -

Grim realism and heady romanticism meet in a surreal borderland where deadpan reigns.

~ Anton Bitel -

Grim realism and heady romanticism meet in a surreal borderland where deadpan reigns.

~ Anton Bitel -