Deborah Young in The Hollywood Reporter thought Firth got "all the best dialogue", which he delivered "sardonically".

Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter wrote from the Berlinale:

"With this store leaving it's going to make Syracuse dead, dead, dead," said Deborah Young, 29 years old, hunting for bargains at the store.

From 2007, the director is Deborah Young, for many years the vice-director under Laudadio.

Deborah Young from The Hollywood Reporter wrote:

"It is really sad; there are no Cristaldis today," said Deborah Young, a film critic for Variety who is based here.

Deborah Young of the Hollywood Reporter described the film as "a political film with a message of hope, on the obvious side".

Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter wrote:

Deborah Young, writing for The Hollywood Reporter, also felt that "the film's great strength is its intuitive casting.

Review by Deborah Young, Variety.