Most of what transpires is low-key, affectionate comedy and a fair amount of fun.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
21 Jul 2010
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Cookie's Fortune is a wittily diagrammed portrait of a small town shaken to its roots by this deceptive calamity. The movie, though, never really becomes more than a diagram.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Jul 2010
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The deceptively modest Cookie's Fortune may or not be Robert Altman's best film in years, but it is certainly his most pleasurable.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
1 Jan 2009
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What's so distinctively charming is the easygoing tone, which manages to turn black comedy into a strangely gentle, touching and delicate affair.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
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This movie delivers agreeable performances and a charming, amusing story that offers little in the way of substance.