Some very big themes are given space to breathe in this remarkably naturalistic drama, which is livened up by terrific central performances from Omar Sy and Charlotte Gainsbourg. (contactmusic.net)
If it weren't for a terrific central performance by the Icelandic pop singer Bjork, Dancer in the Dark would be all but unwatchable. (metacritic.com)
It is also built around a terrific central performance by Jessie Buckley, who burrows right under the skin of the damaged, inscrutable Moll, whose blank, peering eyes and briar patch of auburn hair are almost certainly meant to evoke Maxine Carr, who furnished the Soham killer Ian Huntley with a false alibi and was subsequently convicted for perverting the course of justice. (telegraph.co.uk)