This time, however, it's played for comic tragedy. (thewrap.com)
Both alienation and anxiety lead precisely to a sense of «aloneness» in an unfriendly universe, from which Fry - like counsels of despair, the personal and social constructivism of post-modernity or quixotic heroic - ness in the face of comic tragedy all arise, though in different ways. (faith.org.uk)
There are elements of tragedy and comedy in this character and in this performance, and in that regard, Mendelsohn and Gerry are the heart of this film, which plays out as a tragic comedy in one moment and comic tragedy in the next. (markreviewsmovies.com)