The trappings and style more than make up for any lack of substance.

~ Richard Mowe -

The trappings and style more than make up for any lack of substance.

~ Richard Mowe -

Funny, moving and endlessly surprising.

~ Anton Bitel -

Funny, moving and endlessly surprising.

~ Anton Bitel -

It's so scattershot that one finds oneself inventing titles for the 'stories' within the anthology.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's so scattershot that one finds oneself inventing titles for the 'stories' within the anthology.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The dual plotline never really works. There isn't enough happening in either man's life and the parallels are too obvious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The dual plotline never really works. There isn't enough happening in either man's life and the parallels are too obvious.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It takes real directorial skill to deliver something so shallow across two and a half hours and keep the audience gripped.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It takes real directorial skill to deliver something so shallow across two and a half hours and keep the audience gripped.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though the film is slow in places and Andreotti's ambiguity can sometimes leave the viewer feeling too disconnected, there are moments of real brilliance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though the film is slow in places and Andreotti's ambiguity can sometimes leave the viewer feeling too disconnected, there are moments of real brilliance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A continually shifting style, with moments of brilliance and other scenes which feel structurally derivative, threatens to overwhelm the story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A continually shifting style, with moments of brilliance and other scenes which feel structurally derivative, threatens to overwhelm the story.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Sorrentino dares to tread where the great have gone before and leaves his own distinctive mark.

~ Richard Mowe -

Sorrentino dares to tread where the great have gone before and leaves his own distinctive mark.

~ Richard Mowe -

The Family Friend is never less than arresting in its manipulation of mood and expectation

~ Anton Bitel -

The Family Friend is never less than arresting in its manipulation of mood and expectation

~ Anton Bitel -

Simply unmissable.

~ Anton Bitel -

Simply unmissable.

~ Anton Bitel -