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88Well worth the wait.
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88Emerges as an accurate memory of that time when the American melting pot, splendid as a theory, became a reality.
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90Levinson is at the top of his game with Liberty Heights, his instincts acutely cinematic, his purpose clear.
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90A mature, accomplished piece of work, both funny and deeply felt, personal cinema of the best kind...Levinson has made the memory film we always hoped he would.
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85A uniquely personal, vibrant mosaic of the American dream, and like a dream, it evaporates beautifully before our eyes.
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100Levinson is so skillful at developing personalities, even among the story's would-be villains, that by the halfway point of the movie, every gesture and expression has unexpected depth and texture. The performances are across-the-board superb.
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88Easily one of the year's best movies.
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90A languorous, funny and lovingly detailed memory film.
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90Seems to encompass all the humor, sadness and weirdness of ordinary life in an utterly winning, morally acute way.
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90Barry Levinson goes deep with Liberty Heights, and the result is a grand slam.
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90Demonstrates what writer-director Levinson does best: evoke the sights, smells and atmosphere of his youth with intelligence, humor and a keen sense of social perspective.