This episodic, quietly affecting movie is both gritty and poetic.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2002
fresh:
Were it not for a sentimental resolution that explains way more about Cal than does the movie or the character any good, Freundlich's World Traveler might have been one of the more daring and surprising American movies of the year.
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
9 Jul 2002
rotten:
With no real redemption at the end of the road, it is nothing more than a beautiful, empty journey.