Down by Law seems on occasion to be soliciting our approval.

| Mar 27, 2020

Down By Law is oddly heart-warming, magnifying moments of unexpected camaraderie between kindred spirits who don't immediately ID each other as such.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 11, 2014

Down by Law is a delight, right down to the unexpected last scene.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 9, 2014

The Jim Jarmusch penchant for off-the-wall characters and odd situations is very much in evidence.

| Jan 11, 2008

On the whole I've had more fun in Cleveland.

| Jan 11, 2008

After the initial establishment of character and atmosphere, the laughs come thick and fast, most notably from the marvellous [Roberto] Benigni.

| Jan 26, 2006

The excitement (of Down by Law) comes from the realization that we are seeing a true film maker at work, using film to create a narrative that couldn't exist on the stage or the printed page of a novel.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 20, 2003

It's not that the movie doesn't move fast enough, it's that while it dawdles, it doesn't give you enough to dwell on.

| Jan 1, 2000

Pure pleasure for comedy connoisseurs.

| Jan 1, 2000

A true original that kind of grows on you.

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