100 indieWIRE | Eric Kohn Byington excels at turning the edict that time waits for no one into a sensory experience. No matter how sly it gets, Somebody Up There Likes Me still retains that fundamental truth. Read full review
89 Austin Chronicle | Somebody is nihilistic, misanthropic, and weirdly relaxing. I've never seen anything like it. Read full review
80 The Hollywood Reporter | Despite knowingly blank performances and a heavily ironic tone, the story ultimately accumulates emotional gravity, ending with a sardonic refection on the seasonal cycle of life that is worthy of a Kurt Vonnegut or Joseph Heller novel. Tragedy is comedy. Comedy is tragedy. So it goes. Read full review
80 Los Angeles Times | Mark Olsen The film has a sarcastic tone, like that of a friend who you never can tell is kidding or not, which eventually breaks through into a place of unexpected sincerity. Meeting this odd, idiosyncratic "Somebody" is a rare delight. Read full review