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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe greatness of Golden Door is its tone; sympathetic but always wry.
- 80VarietyVarietyAn imaginative, intelligent and attractive Italo pic precisely when the country needs it most, Emanuele Crialese's Golden Door reps a solid piece of cinema that neither panders nor preaches.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceWith dialogue kept to a minimum, cinematographer Agnés Godard confirms her status as one of the most extraordinary visual artists working today.
- 80Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternAfter countless films in which immigration plays a central role -- one of the earliest was Charlie Chaplin's 1917 silent classic "The Immigrant" while one of the best, Jan Troell's "The Emigrants," has never migrated to DVD -- you'd think the canon was essentially complete. Yet this visionary work adds to it by combining harsh realities with magic-realist fantasies.
- 80The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottWhat makes Mr. Crialese's telling unusual, apart from the gorgeousness of his wide-screen compositions, is that his emphasis is on departure and transition, rather than arrival.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe acting is superb, especially the always alluring Charlotte Gainsbourg as a mysterious Englishwoman taking the ship to America. Agnes Godard's lensing is painterly, and Crialese's direction is seamless.
- 58Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerDraggy Italian epic that's big on production values but skimpy on inspiration.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyA sluggish procedural on what it was like to make the journey to Ellis Island back in the day.
- 50New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsThe movie never really comes alive, and Crialese's coyness with Lucy's character is more frustrating than mysterious.