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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The Hollywood ReporterRay BennettThe Hollywood ReporterRay BennettVery funny and a bit sentimental, it's naturalistic comedy of the highest order, with Evets and Henshaw standouts among a terrific cast.
- Veteran British director Ken Loach fields one of his most accessible and lightly-toned offerings to date with this comedy about a football fanatic trying to sort out his life.
- 80EmpireEmpirePlay It Again, Eric... Ken Loach perfectly captures the feeling of football and the need for hope. Touching and hilarious — a blinder.
- 75New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithA mashup of Nick Hornby and Martin Scorsese? Why not?
- 70The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottMr. Loach’s touch is a bit lighter here. “Sweet Sixteen” is a coming-of-age story shot through the lens of social tragedy, while “The Wind That Shakes the Barley” is an epic of historical disaster. Looking for Eric is, by comparison, gentle and sweet and often very funny.
- 65MovielineStephanie ZacharekMovielineStephanie ZacharekWhat’s remarkable about Looking for Eric is the number of ways in which it ALMOST works.
- 60New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThe actors are up to the challenges of the many serious moments, but the sweetest ones are the most memorable. It's nice to see Loach's gentler side.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe British director Ken Loach can be a master of working-class realism, but not in this cranky, rudderless shambles.