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Metascore
26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirA masterful accomplishment...teems with its own sense of life, crackles with daring, walks the tightrope between satire and pathos with a rare assuredness.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasEverything falls into place and seems exactly right: the brisk tempo, the crisp, witty performances, the slightly sooty touch.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSelf-satisfied -- an undisciplined brat of a film.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonA gloriously giddy movie about theater, love and artifice, an unabashed art film.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyFew movies are as eloquent in their performances and their art direction.
- 63New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardBeneath the noisy, farcical surface of John Turturro's Illuminata is a thoughtful and unusually mature meditation on love.
- 63USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkSusan Sarandon has never looked better in her 29-year screen career than she does here.
- 58Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyIt isn't, finally, satisfying: It's too uneven, indulgent, fey.
- 50Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorInsights about romance are enhanced by the novel production design, which includes puppetry, but the story's reflexivity is smug and cloying.
- 40Film.comJohn HartlFilm.comJohn HartlIts pretensions eventually undo it.