The film's locales have an appealing authentic feel to them, and everything from decor to music contributes to making Looking for an Echo an appealing heart-tugger.
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
The best performance comes from Venora.
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
New York PostLou Lumenick
Well-meant but rambling little indie melodrama.
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
A slow-moving, dramatically slack film.
40
L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn Dumpert
L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn Dumpert
Assante, restrained and thoughtful, reveals Vinnie's midlife bewilderment as much as his bred-in machismo. His performance is too delicate, though, to stand up to the rigidly formulaic schemes
30
Village Voice
Village Voice
The stream of sentimentality is endless and often sickly, and the warm afterglow is decidedly manufactured.
Corny, suds-drenched movie. The kindest way of looking at this roughly patched-together story is as the cinematic equivalent of the music it memorializes.