La vie selon Otto

« A Man Called Otto may be about restoring the Ottos of the world to a new sense of purpose. So why does it feel like for anyone who cares about movies, this is just going to create more of the ill-tempered, fist-shaking, get-off-my-lawn kind? »

« Hanks is well-cast as a misanthropic loner, but the film lacks the courage of his caustic conviction. »

« Although A Man Called Otto never fully rises above its obvious plot machinations, director Forster thankfully applies a fairly restrained, subtle approach. The result is a film to which you ultimately find yourself succumbing even though you never stop being aware that your heartstrings are being shamelessly pulled. »

« How you react to A Man Called Otto totally depends on whether you can go along with Hanks' performance and, for the second time this year (after his over-the-top Colonel Parker marred the otherwise excellent Elvis), I found myself unconvinced by the mighty Tom. »

« Truffé de bons sentiments, le long métrage «La vie selon Otto» fait l'effet conjugué d'une couverture en minou et d'un chocolat chaud plein de guimauves. »

« Cette comédie dramatique, réalisée par le vétéran Marc Forster, est à la fois émouvante et réconfortante. »

« Plus le film progresse, plus il se fait voler la vedette par la sémillante Mariana Treviño, irrésistible en Mère Courage qui a su garder sa bonne humeur malgré les difficultés de la vie. Dans des rôles secondaires, Rachel Keller et Truman Hanks (fils de Tom) forment un couple attachant. »