... All in all, a far superior effort to «Fever...», and, aside from the new TVOTR and / or Goldfrapp, the best record of 2006 so far. (metacritic.com)
In contrast, Alexandre Desplat has suffered three losses so far in this category in four years (for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The Queen), and is frequently snubbed for arguably superior efforts (i.e. Birth, The Painted Veil, or even this year's The Ghost Writer). (slantmagazine.com)