[writer-director Ben Sharrock] knows how to effectively goose the proceedings from naturalism into the forlornly humorous, a tone he maintains with welcome discipline most of the time
the refugee crisis has been...addressed in countless documentaries and slightly fewer fiction features with varying degrees of imagination and integrity: Amid this glut, “Limbo” sincerely and intelligently finds its own way
Omar is carrying a lot on his shoulders and El-Masry's performance is a study in slow release. The climax of the film acts as an emotional triumph. Unfortunately, much of its victory is in spite of itself
guided by El-Masry's tender, understated performance and a tone that hovers between playful and sincere, "Limbo" manages to turn its downbeat scenario into a sweet and touching rumination on the quest to belong in an empty world
Ben Sharrock displays a winning flair for small observational detail..in his warm-hearted second feature; Limbo is an appealing little gem overall, with a feel-good message about the kindness of strangers that is glib and simplistic but hard to resist
a heart-rending portrait of refugees stranded in Scotland; a thoroughly wonderful sophomore feature from the British director Ben Sharrock; it's witty, poignant, marvellously composed and shot, moving and even weirdly gripping
a gorgeous tragicomic take on the refugee experience; For a film that is so infused with sadness, "Limbo" is remarkably funny – a gentle, empathic kind of humour that is derived from the men's bleak existences, without mocking them
a film as sweet as it is sad, as pertinent as it is absurd, "Limbo" is an experience where not much seems to happen but where little things mean the world
by Randy Myers [San Jose Mercury News ]
by Donald Clarke [Irish Times ]
