The Death and Life of Otto Bloom

"The film evolves into a lean, enjoyable, thoughtful work, always with time - so to speak - to throw up an interesting idea or two."

"The best to be said for this tiresome exercise in magic realism is that it feels like a film the writer-director Cris Jones, an Australian making his first feature, may have needed to get out of his system."

"The idea behind the character certainly proves intriguing, but the execution never quite satisfies."

"This budget time-travelling romance boggles with sheer ingenuity."

"...an astute, ambitious offering that understands that, while production value may be expensive, ideas are free..."