Empire gave the film a 4/5 stars rating, and called it a "satisfying mind-twister, with an unexpectedly poignant pay-off".

Meet Horace, a mighty odd fellow, the narrator of this charming, unexpectedly poignant first novel.

The image of the hat lying in the street like an upturned turtle is unexpectedly poignant because we understand with fatal certitude that the head that wore it will soon be no more.

The movie is suffused with a nocturnal glow of melancholy that casts its comic-book action in an unexpectedly poignant light.

Wheen's embarrassing misconstruction of Marx the thinker occupies a scant dozen pages, and his evocation of the final decade of the life is unexpectedly poignant.

Often the shows end on an unexpectedly poignant or believable note, Ms. Parker said.

Ms. Steedman bucks against this fashion now and then throughout the book, but she throws it off for good at the end, which is unexpectedly poignant.

An unexpectedly poignant turn from the indie veterans.

Some are unexpectedly poignant, such as Jackson's bedazzled Capezio shoes, now missing some rhinestones, with "Michael" pencilled on the sole.

LA Times critic Kenneth Turan described the film as "strongly directed and unexpectedly poignant.