"Here is the sunniest film I've seen by Aki Kaurismäki, and he reveals a lot of sunshine inside for a director whose world is usually filled with deadpan losers."

-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times


"Cinematographer Timo Salminen frames everything crisply so that the city of Le Havre’s grays are illuminated with splashes of color yet retain a somewhat misty allure, as though he were filming a 40s spy drama."

-- Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle