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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100CineVueCineVueFerrara's Welcome to New York is a savage work that's easily one of the best films of the year. [Unrated Version]
- 88Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenThe film's peculiarly exhilarating effect can be attributed to a sense of social outrage that's transcended for the sake of metaphoric social clarity.
- 83The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThis is a film set entirely in places where people aren’t meant to stay for very long, a world of continual transit and gratification, with no endpoint. Maybe it’s the world that money creates for itself.
- 80VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasA bluntly powerful provocation that begins as a kind of tabloid melodrama and gradually evolves into a fraught study of addiction, narcissism and the lava flow of capitalist privilege. [Unrated Version]
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawWelcome to New York proves thoroughly engrossing. Here is a work of ragged glory; dirty and galvanic. [Unrated Version]
- 75The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe PlaylistKevin Jagernauth[A] fascinating depiction of another kind of wolf of Wall Street, one whose endless hunger is only matched by his vile soullessness. [Unrated Version]
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerIt’s a rather fascinating bit of artistic self-indulgence that’s both made by, and about, self-indulgent men, although one that can certainly grow taxing. [Unrated Version]
- 70The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasWith Depardieu’s intensely physical performance at its core, Welcome To New York achieves a level of intimacy that’s rare for films about public figures—and, in this case, exposes Strauss-Kahn for all to see.
- 40The TelegraphTim RobeyThe TelegraphTim RobeyIt's bad enough that the film has such minimal interest in his victim – after two scenes doing the film's best acting, Afesi is out of the picture. But as portraiture, Welcome to New York flops too, despite Dépardieu's considerable efforts. [Unrated Version]