Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
8 |
Douglas plays Ben as charismatic, he plays him shameless, he plays him as brave, and very gradually, he learns to play him as himself. That's the only role left. |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
7 |
A modest but juicy character study of a horn dog in winter... |
filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
6 |
The filmmaking is competent and watchable, though negligibly impersonal. But the role is suitable only for a titan, and that's exactly what it gets. |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
7 |
...Douglas...is superb... |
Slant Magazine
Bill Weber |
4 |
...occasionally edges toward the tone of an unflinching character study of a shitheel, more common to American literature than commercial filmmaking. |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
7 |
The bumps in the narrative can be jarring, but Douglas never makes a false move, delivering a tour de force in human weakness. |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
9 |
...a precise, honest, and affecting drama. |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
9 |
...a sharp, small-scale comedy of male misbehavior that turns out to be one of this dreary spring’s pleasant cinematic surprises. |
Los Angeles Times
Michael Phillips |
7 |
A modest but juicy character study of a horn dog in winter... |
LA Weekly
Melissa Anderson |
6 |
...whether you respond to the material depends largely on how much you enjoy the actor lazily riffing on the oily creatures of his past. |
Village Voice
Melissa Anderson |
6 |
...whether you respond to the material depends largely on how much you enjoy the actor lazily riffing on the oily creatures of his past. |
Onion AV Club
Noel Murray |
7 |
There’s enough material for three movies in Brian Koppelman and David Levien’s Solitary Man, but only two of those movies are any good. |
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer |
6 |
Douglas has a good supporting cast to work with though – he’s not the whole show despite appearing in every scene. |
Variety
Justin Chang |
8 |
...an unassuming winner... |
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