This Must Be the Place: Press reviews

At Cannes: 'Quirky, hilarious and moving, Sorrentino's first English-lingo production is a road trip of stunning scope yet deep intimacy'

At Cannes: 'alternately funny and sentimental, irritating and involving - but it's also infused with a humanity and that pulls the whole thing through'

At Cannes: 'The film shows that Sorrentino - who first met Sean Penn on the jury here two years ago - can ply his trade to great effect wherever he likes'

'What matters is the story that sets out to correct the perceived truth, to rattle the bars of predestination and acquiescence.'

'wayward, misshapen, jarring – and visually and imaginatively euphoric'

'a beautiful little film'

'a charming, stylish and witty journey through America and into history'

'Determinedly quirky and cool, arresting and ultimately too baffling to be satisfying'

'It doesn't really work but it's very watchable all the same.'

'This Must Be the Place is a dark film handled with lightness and ease. As Keith would say, you have to gradually grow into it.'

'It is possible, in hindsight, to smooth this film out into a more conventional version of itself, or to find fault with the tangents and loose ends that it generates along the way.'

'a chaotic but undeniably striking road movie '

'Paolo Sorrentino's tale of an ageing rocker out to find a Nazi who tormented his father is a diverting if derivative American odyssey'

'Paolo Sorrentino's first English-language feature is not quite a misstep, but is less successful than his other films'

'It's always a curious and imaginative film. Penn is fun to watch and Sorrentino is a bold storyteller'

'So richly accoutred is the character, and so attentive to nuance is Penn's every move, that Cheyenne smothers the film. Previously, Sorrentino has stood back and coolly inspected his creations, yet now he seems in awe, and the movie invites us, rather too pleadingly, to lend Cheyenne not just our pity but our love.'

At Cannes: 'all over the place dramatically, tonally and thematically'

'as misguided and nearly as offensive as the concentration camp scenes in Life is Beautiful'

'Aimless road movie'

'Aimless road movie'

'Paolo Sorrentino has come a horrible cropper with this sort-of-road-movie.'