Topsy-Turvy Critic Reviews

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San Francisco Chronicle | Bob GrahamAdd Critic to Favorites

Part of the appeal of Topsy-Turvy is its generosity about human folly and shortcomings. Its wistfulness is very touching.Read the full review

USA Today | Mike ClarkAdd Critic to Favorites

One of the year's best movies and certainly its most delightful screen surprise.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

It is one of the year's best films.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

Topsy-Turvy reminds us that, in any age, creative expression is at once the most personal and most communal of enterprises.Read the full review

The New York Times | Janet MaslinAdd Critic to Favorites

One of those films that create a mix of erudition, pageantry and delectable acting opportunities, much as "Shakespeare in Love."Read the full review

Variety | Deborah YoungAdd Critic to Favorites

This beautifully crafted and lively romp around the 1880s stage world should enjoy its longest life as a vid classic.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

The year's most beguilling and touching surprise. Bravo.Read the full review

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

A 160 minute work of sustained brilliance and delicacy.Read the full review

Slate | David EdelsteinAdd Critic to Favorites

A monument to process -- to the minutiae of making art -- Topsy-Turvy leaves you upside down and breathless.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites

A bit longer than it might be, a bit more attached to its digressions than we might wish. But the length does encourage the feeling that we've been through the whole creative process with Gilbert and Sullivan .Read the full review

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