“Anders has been counted out for so long that his sudden reappearance becomes more of an inconvenience than a welcome reunion. Nobody wants to make much of an effort because he’s probably just going to let them all down again. So why even bother? That’s the awful, existential question posed by Oslo, August 31st.” – The Improper Bostonian, 07/25/2012

“A mashup of four disconnected shorts, this picture feels as though Allen was rifling through his desk drawer and came across some unfinished New Yorker pieces, then fashioned them after Italian omnibus films from the 1960s. Midnight in Paris was profound in a deceptively breezy way. To Rome With Love is just plain breezy, but I didn’t mind.” – The Improper Bostonian, 07/04/2012