“The counterintuitive casting works because the chemistry between Ryder and Reeves is so instantaneous and their ease on screen with each other so delightfully palpable. All the yammering put-downs become a form of flirtation. Ugly-spirited zingers that would draw blood from other actors end up tossed aside here with wry, rumpled smiles.” – North Shore Movies, 09/08/2018
“Rourke gives his funniest, most endearing performance as a raggedly princely drunkard wooing Dunaway’s washed-up, boozy grande dame. Müller’s cinematography imparts a grungy beauty to this Skid Row lit by sputtering neon and half-burnt-out strings of Christmas lights. I daresay there’s never been anyone better at photographing peeling paint.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 09/04/2018
