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J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: This starts to get interesting in the homestretch, as the woman's chronic deception begins to catch up with her, but for the most part it's an extended Geritol commercial. Read more
John Hartl, Seattle Times: In the end, only the veteran actors playing Elsa and Fred make the movie watchable. Read more
Noel Murray, AV Club: The absence of bite prevents the movie from leaving any kind of impression. Read more
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic: For some, the movie will be an emotional paean to love at the twilight of life; to others, though, it's a contrived, manipulative film calculatedly sentimental and -- except for poor Alfredo -- totally false to life. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Read more
Bob Mondello, NPR.org: Love is said to be blind, but this sweet Spanish romance suggests it may also be ageless. Read more
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Credit director Marcos Carnevale with beautifully pulling off this schmaltzy premise, as well as restaging the famous scene at Rome's Trevi Fountain from La Dolce Vita with his elderly lovers in place of Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A sweet but inconsequential romantic comedy. Read more
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: Elsa & Fred is worth seeing just to admire how Argentine writer-director Marcos Carnevale avoids so much as a whiff of condescension. Read more
Jonathan Holland, Variety: A tardy romance between two aging lovebirds, Elsa & Fred is predictable fare that only occasionally fulfils its intention of being simultaneously heartbreaking and heartening. Read more
Jean Oppenheimer, Village Voice: The problem isn't the acting; both actors are superb. It's Elsa's character that is so difficult to take. Only the hopelessly romantic will be able to tolerate her. Read more
Dan Zak, Washington Post: Elsa & Fred feels not substantial enough to bear the weight of its themes. It dissolves like cotton candy, making proper digestion impossible. Read more