'Features one of Gerard Depardieu’s most fully-realised and endearing performances in recent years... genuinely touching...'
- Allan Hunter, SCREEN INTERNATIONAL

'Depardieu... at his best in years, conjuring remarkable onscreen chemistry between himself and Cecile de France... Giannoli’s script paints a beautifully nuanced portrait of two people...'
- Derek Elley, VARIETY

'Excellent... Shines with real brilliance'
- TIME OUT

'French cinema’s living monument Gerard Depardieu made a robust comeback.'
- Jonathan Romney, THE INDEPDENDENT ON SUNDAY

'THE SINGER never hits a false note... Depardieu offers a touchingly sardonic self-portrait...'
Jonathan Romney, A RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA

'Depardieu... he rattles your senses with a performance so simple and understated that you realize all over again what a profoundly brilliant and charismatic actor he is...'
- Kirk Honeycutt, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

'A quietly devastating performance...'
- Nick James, SIGHT AND SOUND

'A beautifully judged drama... Very moving.'
- Geoff Andrew, TIME OUT