Late Bloomers

"She (Rossellini) is radiant in a profoundly ordinary and believable way, as always, and stirs up generational pathos all by herself."

"While the world could certainly use more films about characters entering their sunset years, a solution as toothless and saggy as Julie Gavras' Late Bloomers does little to help the cause."

"Extra discredit to the embarrassingly jaunty score by Sodi Marciszewer, which should be taken behind the recording studio and shot."

"As more characters, including the couple's three children - enter the picture, Late Bloomers loses its narrative thread and becomes so choppy that you have the sense that it was butchered during the editing process."

"An uneven but touching comedy with a cheery score that sounds too much like whistling on the way past the graveyard."

"Moves at a poky pace even by American indie standards. But it's worth checking out for the fine cast..."

"As a portrait of aging, Late Bloomers is a little too easy, but its cast makes it worth a look, even so."