Baumbach can be a marvelous, unsparing reporter on a certain slice of upper-middle-class to wealthy America, and he brings that skill to bear here in the scenes of Tracy feeling out of her element.

...the pace...speeds up – and finally we’re riding a wave of zane, with crowds of subsidiary characters cheerfully welcomed on to the screen and given entertaining and amusing things to say and do.

Few filmmakers are as good on characters trying to find their place in the world and, in Baumbach’s hands, the result is smart, funny and breathless.

...en film man känner sig lite smartare, lite roligare och lite snyggare av.

This movie is head-spinningly chic, certainly (...) but it’s also a pointed commentary on people desperate to impress.

Det finns förvånansvärt få filmer som fångar två komplexa kvinnors vänskapsrelation så bra som Mistress America gör.