Name : J. R. Jones / Alias : Chicago Reader
[A] silly metamovie based on the Amanda Knox murder case.

Name : Brad Wheeler / Alias : Globe and Mail
Winterbottom is not out to thrill, but to lecture on the truth, which, he believes, can only be found in fiction.

Name : Gary Goldstein / Alias : Los Angeles Times
Like the floundering filmmaker at its center, "The Face of an Angel" never seems sure of what story it wants to tell.

Name : Bilge Ebiri / Alias : New York Magazine/Vulture
The film does occasionally show a pulse when it tries to re-imagine the life of the victim - when it turns the tables on the mystery and tries to become a film about love and life, instead of doom and death. But it's too little, too late, and too lame.

Name : Dave Calhoun / Alias : Time Out
The Face of an Angel ties itself up in some strange knots, but Michael Winterbottom conjures up a haunting gothic atmosphere in Siena.

Name : Stephen Whitty / Alias : New York Daily News
A picture that trades any suspense for endless scenes of a bored Bruhl staring at a screen, trying to find a story. Any story.

Name : Simon Abrams / Alias : Village Voice
The Face of an Angel may not be like any other whodunit you've seen, but it's also only superficially smarter than the genre it defines itself against.

Name : Jeannette Catsoulis / Alias : New York Times
Rambling, frustrating and wholly uninvolving, "The Face of an Angel" swarms with ideas that have no place to land.

Name : Tirdad Derakhshani / Alias : Philadelphia Inquirer
There's a great deal of intelligent material here. Winterbottom mounts a harsh attack on our fascination with killers and our tendency to forget the victim. Yet it's overlaid with so much navel-gazing, it's hard to take.

Name : Deborah Young / Alias : Hollywood Reporter
There are many good things in the swiftly-moving narrative, filmed with a hand-held camera to give a documentary look.

Name : Linda Barnard / Alias : Toronto Star
A lovely-looking yet muddled meditation on truth.

Name : Jesse Hassenger / Alias : AV Club
Past Winterbottom films have turned "real life" into both comedy and tragedy. The Face Of An Angel turns it into a directionless skulk.

Name : Deborah Young / Alias : Hollywood Reporter
There are many good things in the swiftly-moving narrative, filmed with a hand-held camera to give a documentary look.

Name : Stephen Whitty / Alias : New York Daily News
A picture that trades any suspense for endless scenes of a bored Bruhl staring at a screen, trying to find a story. Any story.

Name : Jesse Hassenger / Alias : AV Club
Past Winterbottom films have turned "real life" into both comedy and tragedy. The Face Of An Angel turns it into a directionless skulk.

Name : Bilge Ebiri / Alias : New York Magazine/Vulture
The film does occasionally show a pulse when it tries to re-imagine the life of the victim - when it turns the tables on the mystery and tries to become a film about love and life, instead of doom and death. But it's too little, too late, and too lame.

Name : Simon Abrams / Alias : Village Voice
The Face of an Angel may not be like any other whodunit you've seen, but it's also only superficially smarter than the genre it defines itself against.

Name : Brad Wheeler / Alias : Globe and Mail
Winterbottom is not out to thrill, but to lecture on the truth, which, he believes, can only be found in fiction.

Name : Jeannette Catsoulis / Alias : New York Times
Rambling, frustrating and wholly uninvolving, "The Face of an Angel" swarms with ideas that have no place to land.

Name : Gary Goldstein / Alias : Los Angeles Times
Like the floundering filmmaker at its center, "The Face of an Angel" never seems sure of what story it wants to tell.

Name : Tirdad Derakhshani / Alias : Philadelphia Inquirer
There's a great deal of intelligent material here. Winterbottom mounts a harsh attack on our fascination with killers and our tendency to forget the victim. Yet it's overlaid with so much navel-gazing, it's hard to take.

Name : J. R. Jones / Alias : Chicago Reader
[A] silly metamovie based on the Amanda Knox murder case.

Name : Linda Barnard / Alias : Toronto Star
A lovely-looking yet muddled meditation on truth.

Name : Dave Calhoun / Alias : Time Out
The Face of an Angel ties itself up in some strange knots, but Michael Winterbottom conjures up a haunting gothic atmosphere in Siena.