45
Metascore
4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The New York TimesDaniel M. GoldThe New York TimesDaniel M. GoldThe Rooftop is frenzied, funny and knowing, drenched in lavish, often surreal, imagery.
- 63Washington PostWashington PostBefore it veers off course, The Rooftop is lively, funny and colorful... Too bad Chou decided to shoehorn the gangster genre into a movie that would have worked just fine as a mere comedy-romance-fantasy musical.
- 40Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleThe Rooftop is a bullet train to bananasville, its tonal eccentricities sure to wear out even the most dedicated connoisseur of silly cinema.
- 30VarietyMaggie LeeVarietyMaggie LeeLike a school pageant with a Broadway-sized budget, this noisy production is a pileup of extravagant dance numbers, candy-colored sets and vintage props that, sans the requisite heart or hip factor, soon overstays its welcome.