Hugh Grant

Oscar winner Jim Broadbent turns up long enough to say, "I wish I was dead."

Not everything works in this semi-audacious challenge to the American Dream, but Weitz consistently and amusingly hits the broad side of the barn.

Undeniably breezy thanks to a quality star pairing.

Not everything works out neatly for everyone, but life seems a little better by the end of two hours' struggle, for the characters and for the audience.

Eighty-eight minutes of sublime silliness...should appeal in equal measure to adults as to children.

The Wachowskis and Tykwer are determined to make you understand eternity, and in that and only that, they succeed: by the time you get to the film’s endless series of endings, you’ll feel as if you’ve lived lifetimes.

Honors the original characters just fine, but the leads are lukewarm...the [action] mostly unmemorable ...and the split-the-difference jokey-serious tone errs...on the side of fashion-conscious and smug.

A legitimately fascinating central character...Not surprisingly, Streep expertly shades every eccentricity, embodying Jenkins in her musical waywardness...