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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: Loach can't resolve this picture's contradictory impulses, but he has made the most entertaining sports film in a while. And I didn't know Cantona from a can of gray English peas. Read more
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: It's sweet, with lots of carpe diem talk, but it'll probably help if you have sports posters on your wall (and can translate a thick Mancunian accent). Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: At times it falls flat, or fails to rise. More often than not, though, it's a heartbreaker. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: The film feels a little slow at times, but its characters always seem real, and the final scene is genuinely heartwarming... Read more
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com: The motley crew of buddies, played by a passel of Manchester stand-up comedians, is a distinctive and amusing lot, and Evets does a great job in the lead Read more
Scott Tobias, AV Club: A wispy little comedy that uses fantasy to gloss over even the darkest and most intractable problems. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Beginning in grim kitchen-sink territory, the movie gets lighter and goofier as it goes, and if it's a bit of a mess, it's also a pick-me-up that suggests how hard and how rewarding it can be to set a life back on course. Read more
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: [A] well-meaning misfire. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: Loach strains hard for fun in Looking for Eric, but he's like a jokester who doesn't know how to tell a joke. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: Looking for Eric is a pleasant surprise -- somehow both ambitious and easygoing, funny and worrisome. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: It's a kitchen sink full of dirty dishes that don't match. Read more
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: Cantona, whose five-year run with United ended with his unexpected retirement in 1997, plays himself with a self-deprecating charm that is hard to resist, and Evets, a hardscrabble actor who's knocked around for years, is unforgettable... Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Capable of lifting even the stoniest heart. Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: A mashup of Nick Hornby and Martin Scorsese? Why not? Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: It's about low-rent failures who survive by finding optimism through humor and friendship. It's uneven, but its optimistic message -- lost causes can find strength through friendship and bonding -- is contagious. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Cantona, big and bearded, is a genial Gallic guru. It's hard not to be swayed by his optimism, his sagacity, his generosity. And the optimism and generosity of Loach's film. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Looking for Eric emerges as a portrait of a world and a way of life. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: In a rousing change of pace, England's master of dramatized poverty, marginalization and despair dabbles in comedy, fantasy, soccer and wish-fulfillment, with charming, audience-pleasing results. Read more
Dave Calhoun, Time Out: The film's triumph lies in the two relationships at its heart: the unlikely rapport between the two Erics, little and big, which is unusual, amusing and affecting. Read more