Searing wartime romance with Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington, Reese Witherspoon takes a hike and a chilly Disney tackles evil (theguardian.com)
From a more narrative point of view, the great success of Porco Rosso is its ability to turn the most hackneyed elements of wartime romances into something new and interesting while simultaneously paying homage to these stories. (rottentomatoes.com)
It's ultimately just numb, a sober wartime romance roused only by Blanchett's intensity and Crudup's passionate swings between righteous anger and moral zeal. (metacritic.com)