65
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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenMr. Di Gregorio wrote the screenplay with Valerio Attanasio, and this movie is a richer variation of his small, exquisite 2010 film, "Mid-August Lunch."
- 80MovielineStephanie ZacharekMovielineStephanie ZacharekOn the surface, The Salt of Life may seem like a movie made just for old folks. The trick is that it really is about the youth that stays with you, even when your aging body is working hard to convince you otherwise.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranRueful, funny and wise, The Salt of Life is a comedy not of errors but of the tiniest of missteps. A warm yet melancholy film of quiet yet inescapable charm, it has a feeling for character and personality that couldn't be more delicious.
- The breeziness of The Salt Of Life disguises a barbed consideration of mortality and being written off, becoming part of the scenery in later life - just another elderly man with a dog, watching the world go by.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterNatasha SenjanovicThe Hollywood ReporterNatasha SenjanovicIn The Salt of Life, the actor-writer-director again plays his own alter ego, and gives us another deceptively small, vaguely autobiographical story with universal resonance, in more technically assured packaging.
- 70Village VoiceNick PinkertonVillage VoiceNick PinkertonDi Gregorio's performance sets the tone of dim hope and quiet forbearance, telling the story through reactions: an ever-accommodating smile that shades into a wince; sparkling, heavy-lidded eyes betrayed by vexed brows.
- 70NPRMark JenkinsNPRMark JenkinsThe Salt of Life is easygoing and naturalistic, but clearly a work of imagination.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearUnfortunately, he's retained his previous work's touristy mondo italiano! vibe, all whimsical tunes and postcard scenery, while piling on enough ogling shots of nubile young women to make Hugh Hefner feel uncomfortable.
- 38Slant MagazineBill WeberSlant MagazineBill WeberA dry dream of postmenopausal-male sexual lethargy, this comedy's least musty ideas are among its worst.