88
Metascore
21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittPiccoli gives one of the most nuanced performances of his distinguished career, but the primary star of the movie is de Oliveira, who unfolds the story with unfailing skill and sensitivity.
- 100VarietyDeborah YoungVarietyDeborah YoungElusive and elliptical as it is, this is one of the most accessible films in Oliveira's recent repetoire.
- 90Washington PostAnn HornadayWashington PostAnn HornadayViewers who come to this delicate creation with expectations of just another quaint or sad story are in for a surprise.
- 90Los Angeles TimesManohla DargisLos Angeles TimesManohla DargisBy far the most approachable of the director's recent films, with an emotional depth that's true to life and a streamlined narrative that for long stretches barely contains a word.
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanWith this moving, contemplative portrait of an artist who has suddenly become an old man, de Oliveira refuses to patronize either his hero or his audience.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoVeteran French star Michel Piccoli is superb as an aging actor named Gilbert Valence.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerSan Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerA famous French actor using his art to work through the loss of his wife and daughter in a car accident. The strategy works, at least for a while.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThere are a few movies where you can palpably sense the presence of the director behind the camera, and I'm Going Home is one of them.
- 70Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanRestrained, precise, and unobtrusively wry.
- 67Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyThe story told by I'm Going Home is small and perhaps not terribly universal. But there's something poignant about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us.