“Combines poignancy with torrents of laughter”
“A wry allegory of human struggle, empathy and connection… a two-finger salute to cold-hearted bureaucracy”
“Devilishly funny”
“Another slice of poetic-realism from the master chronicler of marginalised voices”
“Gorgeous tragicomedy… could not be timelier”
“Screamingly funny… simply sublime”
“A gorgeous ode to the power of cinema… a whimsical joy from start to finish”
“Delightful… Finds the artist at the height of his powers”
“Both aloof and warm, immediate and distant, bleak and sentimental; thus cementing Kaurismäki’s position as a master of contradictions”