It is about the way a hurt in childhood can bend and shape an adult life years later, and about the way guilt may make us regret being selfish, but is unlikely to make us generous. It is a sad film, but not a depressing one; to some degree it is a comedy (…) You leave this movie in the same way you leave family gatherings, aware that years of old aches, torments and resentments are simmering under the surface, and that it is probably wise to leave them there. — Roger Ebert