Matthau is laconic yet charming, and he comes dangerously close to letting us know how cute he is.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 2, 2021

Funny, engaging, sometimes highly improbable, but who cares?

| Jun 2, 2021

Even Matthau's slumping shoulders can't carry the weight of Ronald Neame's heavy-handed direction.

| Jun 2, 2021

It's strictly superficial stuff that works as well as it does in the playing because the cast is far more skilled than anything they are asked to do.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 2, 2021

A consummate actor whose talents have not been exploited by Hollywood as ably as they should have been, Matthau this time around gets to employ a whole bag of his theatrical tricks, his wry and his sly expressions, and he's great.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jun 2, 2021

The plotting is seamless, the humor to the point, the cinematography serviceable and direction craftily precise.

| Jun 2, 2021

A mirror-smooth international romantic comedy, glamorous and untroubling, of a kind and quality that helped make Hollywood's reputation but that has not been abundant since television invaded both the living room and the bedroom.

| Jun 2, 2021

Matthau and a tidy script make it one of the year's freshest outings.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 2, 2021

"Hopscotch" is an unusually stylish, refreshingly intelligent comedy...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 2, 2021

Matthau just about carries it. But only just.

| Feb 9, 2006

Hopscotch is a shaggy-dog thriller that never really thrills us very much, but leaves a nice feeling when it's over.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 23, 2004

''Hopscotch'' is a stylish, lighter-than-air vehicle that moves from Munich to Salzburg to Washington to the Deep South to Europe and back without once losing its breath.

| Aug 30, 2004

An enjoyable effort with a little something extra.

| Jan 1, 2000