Goodbye Solo Critic Reviews

Grace is also what defines Mr. Bahrani's filmmaking. I can't think of anything else to call the quality of exquisite attention, wry humor and wide-awake intelligence that informs every frame of this almost perfect film.Read the full review

Wherever you live, when this film opens, it will be the best film in town.Read the full review

Goodbye Solo is visually simple and stunning, especially the haunting nightscapes of Solo's perambulations. But more important, Goodbye Solo is driven by deep feeling and sensitivity. Don't miss it.Read the full review

A film of great intelligence and quiet assurance, Goodbye Solo exhilarates without ever trafficking in easy uplift.Read the full review

Almost frighteningly alive.Read the full review

Utterly engrossing dual-character study, unfolding with a serene disregard for indie quirkiness, Goodbye Solo radiates authenticity.Read the full review

It sounds like the old unstoppable-force-meets-immovable-object trick. Ramin Bahrani's Goodbye Solo has the trappings of such a story, but, mercifully, none of the follow-through.Read the full review

The result is a playful, elusive movie that isn't so much heartwarming as soul-cleansing.Read the full review

Its style is spare, rigorous, almost anti-dramatic, but it deals thoughtfully with some of the most complex elements of the human equation.Read the full review