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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.
Fernanda Montenegro gives a landmark performance. Read full review
Normally the sound in movie theaters is of popcorn crunching. But the sound at theaters where Central Station is showing is of hearts breaking. Read full review
A richly tender and moving experience. Read full review
Profoundly affecting. Read full review
For Fernanda Montenegro, who bears more than a passing resemblance to Italy's late Giulietta Masina (Federico Fellini's wife and frequent star) in appearance and talent, "Central Station" is a personal triumph and a rich cinematic experience. Read full review
There's plenty of room for sentimentality here, but the wonder of Salles' film is all in the telling. Read full review
A touching and unusual road movie-cum-buddy film. Read full review
Montenegro carries the film su-perbly with her portrait of gritty strength being worn down to a state of tattered vulnerability, while newcomer de Oliveira, a shoeshine boy who won the role over 1,500 other aspirants, is engagingly natural and happily doesn't beg for viewer sympathy. Read full review
The story is much less about its resolution than the experience along the way. At its best, Central Station is a movie of small textures and fleeting moments, the intangibles that pass between people. Read full review
The movie's success rests largely on the shoulders of Fernanda Montenegro, an actress who successfully defeats any temptation to allow sentimentality to wreck her relationship with the child. Read full review