A banal waste of time. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 18, 2022

Wonderful chemistry between Steve Evets and Eric Cantona... it's an intriguing and relatable movie that will lift your spirits.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 24, 2022

One of the most engaging and impressive dramas to come out of British cinema this side of the millennium.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 20, 2021

The film's whimsical spirit invites the audience to enter into a fablistic mindset and to relax into its uplifting air of camaraderie.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 3, 2019

This is a deliberate 'feelgood' movie and, while I didn't feel bad, I just didn't feel much of anything.

| Aug 29, 2018

Softly goes to the heart of its working-class survivors as just so much mush.

| Original Score: C | Feb 21, 2013

Lighter than the usual Ken Loach feature, Looking for Eric marks a departure of sorts for the solemn director, but ultimately, it's a minor work.

| Original Score: B- | Jun 3, 2011

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 4, 2011

[A] well-meaning misfire.

| Jan 3, 2011

Whimsical tale of two Erics is a winner.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 31, 2010

A conventional and entirely dishonest turn of events ... undermine[s] everything that has come before in Looking for Eric.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 14, 2010

Loachov "cinema verite" stil, prema kojemu prosječni reality izgleda namjeten, predstavljat će popriličnu novinu za obične gledatelje

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 12, 2010

The film feels a little slow at times, but its characters always seem real, and the final scene is genuinely heartwarming...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 26, 2010

Looking for Eric would be a whole lot better if it never found Eric.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 9, 2010

An unpersuasive exercise in what might be called kitchen-sink magic realism...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 2, 2010

A magical realist comedy that flirts uncomfortably with serious drama at times, the film sees its veteran director fouling due to an unsure grip on his material.

| Original Score: 43/100 | Jun 29, 2010

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

| Jun 25, 2010

There's some smart and sweet material -- in particular, some story elements and character-driven moments -- that would probably appeal to a wider audience if only Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty had toned things down in respect to the dialogue.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 10, 2010

A wistful tale about a sad sack who is counseled by an imaginary friend, a soccer superstar. Not so much "A Beautiful Mind" as it is Woody Allen's "Play it again, Sam".

| May 28, 2010

However well-intentioned, this is one of the talented but variable Loach's weaker efforts.

| Original Score: C+ | May 28, 2010