It is the comic genius of the film that our sympathies are constantly tested, and twisted, in scenes that are by turns hilarious, excruciating, terrifying, and finally, deeply moving. The father is Boudu redux, a cataclysmic force of nature unleashed upon the soulless, weightless world of global capitalism. At last, the two desperate souls converge, and nature—love, trees, soil—proves weightier than the tallest concrete and glass skyscraper.
Molly Haskell
January 3, 2017