D.M. Palmer Vague Visages Nov 9, 2023

Ferrara articulates that this is a New York he no longer recognizes; it has to be viewed from afar now, it is invested with a spirit he no longer comprehends. Nevertheless, Devereaux’s downfall must be witnessed in all its unseemly detail...

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Dan Brightmore NME (New Musical Express) Jun 16, 2021

Gerard Depardieu is odious but compelling in Abel Ferrara's dark tale...

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Daniel Barnes Dare Daniel Mar 25, 2020 4/5

The contrast between Ferrara's seething hot rage and the cold, clean gloom of his images remains compelling throughout.

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Cameron Ward One Room With A View Jun 15, 2019 3/5

Controlling an enigmatic and potent first half, Welcome to New York unfortunately slows in its second, often getting lost in its own rambling justifications.

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Alexa Dalby Dog and Wolf Jun 7, 2019 4/5

It's a harshly colored film, an unambiguous statement of disgust, an experiment in how far one can go in vilifying a thinly veiled real person.

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Craig Williams CineVue Apr 3, 2019 5/5

Ferrara has created a discomforting vision... In Devereaux, brilliantly played by veteran Gérard Depardieu, the director gives us a monstrously skewed King Lear for the 21st century.

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Brigit Grant Daily Express (UK) Aug 18, 2017 2/5

Strauss-Kahn was found not guilty and if I were him I would sue.

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Jason Best Movie Talk Sep 21, 2016 4/5

Queasily compelling.

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Peter Labuza The Film Stage Jun 6, 2016 B+

Welcome to New York is a bold, sometimes absurdly funny, and often-horrifying look into the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair.

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Sherilyn Connelly SF Weekly Jan 1, 2016

Thankfully, the more interesting drama of the aftermath is intact, including Jacqueline Bisset's performance as Devereaux's wife, Simone, channeling a righteous anger not seen since Beatrice Straight in Network.

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Susan Granger SSG Syndicate May 24, 2015 6/10

Sordid melodrama, recreating a notorious scandal...

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Don R. Lewis Consequence May 12, 2015 C-

Neither shocking nor illuminating, Welcome to New York comes off merely as hero worship of a terrible man who revels in his abuses of power.

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Todd Jorgenson Cinemalogue May 1, 2015

... a powerful and unflinching teardown of the criminal justice system amid the influence of wealth and political power.

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Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times Apr 26, 2015 4.0

Few actors in the world are better suited to play a gluttonous pig than Gerard Depardieu, and I mean that in the best possible way one can make such an assertion.

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Ben Sachs Chicago Reader Apr 23, 2015 3/4

[The] deliberate structure demonstrates Ferrara's artfulness, as does the lush imagery.

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Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune Apr 23, 2015 3/4

The film, a sleek and oddly moving study in the cost of debauchery, has its gleeful excesses.

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Ray Pride Newcity Apr 22, 2015

Ferrara's portrait of debauched capital, especially in the bison-like corpus of Gerard Depardieu on orgiastic display, libidinous, unrestrained, unvanquished, remains a vital fright.

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Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times Apr 16, 2015

This frank, unruly look at sex, privilege and power unfolds so much like real life that it proves an intriguing and strangely immersive experience.

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Glenn Lovell CinemaDope Apr 12, 2015 2.5/4

Who better to play a world-class letch than Depardieu, whose Rabelaisian excesses on and off screen are legendary?

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Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald Apr 9, 2015 3/4

In an Abel Ferrara movie, this sort of damaged, raging, unrepentant bull passes for an antihero.

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