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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThis isn't a film about abstract social ills, it's about specific people in a specific place, and how they get disturbingly comfortable with theft and violence as a way of life.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe movie filmed with nonactors, doesn't try to counteract stereotypes of the Roma people as shiftless, thieving hustlers. But it goes a long way toward explaining the antisocial behavior.
- The overall mood of Gypsy is despair.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfBest are the film's tender ghostly visitations from Dad, evoked with a minimum of artiness, and the authentic, impoverished locations.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceYou might call it an old story with higher stakes, but a keen sensitivity to its moral difficulties and enlivening details sets Gypsy urgently apart.
- 50Slant MagazineBill WeberSlant MagazineBill WeberA Slovakian character study of a boy ambivalently caught between worlds that ultimately squanders its promise.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAlthough Martin Sulik's drama sheds light on typically unseen populations of Eastern Europe, the film, heavy on "Hamlet" allusions, may be overstuffed.