It's full of odd, jarring moments where everything seems slightly offkey. But it's still a powerful, exhilarating piece of work which whirls through its changes from humour to violence so skilfully that it seems to be all over much too soon.

| Jun 16, 2022

The plot is a paranoid endgame in which the ubiquitous Mafia, in the know about everything before it happens, is the instrument of terminal destiny and running from death is as absurd as waiting for it.

| Apr 20, 2015

Gena Rowlands is excellent as the tired woman who decides to take her chances for the boy. The kid is a right blend of understanding and childish tantrums.

| May 27, 2008

John Cassavetes clearly set out to make a commercial film, but, intransigent personality that he was, he turned in a slice of pure avant-garde.

| May 27, 2008

It's clear from the opening montage that we're in the hands of a master.

| Jun 24, 2006

More than any other recent film I can think of, Gloria is a movie that depends on the mood you're in when you see it.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 30, 2004

Indie godfather John Cassavetes transforms Gena Rowlands into his own little Pam Grier in this oddly sweet-and-sour, PG-rated mob melodrama.

| Mar 14, 2003

[Gloria] is fun and engaging but slight. What saves this movie is Cassavetes' reliance on a tried-and-true plot construction.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000