A brilliantly unusual love story, told in a European fashion which makes the Sydney Pollack film at first irritating, then intriguing, finally most rewarding and emotionally satisfying.
- Variety Staff, Variety, May 26, 2008
A classic example of a Hollywood director being struck down by a lethal 'art' attack as soon as he sets foot in Europe.
- , Time Out, June 24, 2006
Bobby Deerfield may turn out to be the year's most cynical movie made by people who know better, including Sydney Pollack, the director, and Alvin Sargent, who wrote the screenplay.
- Vincent Canby, New York Times, May 09, 2005
A turgidly formulaic disease-of-the-week film elevated to cinematic status purely due to the presence of Pacino.
- , Film4, May 24, 2003
Pacino is at his best: precise, internal, magnetically cute, and expert at capturing the fear in this man's turtle-like existence and his longing for change.
- Dan Callahan, Slant Magazine, March 09, 2008
