“What a prodigious, seductive and addictive achievement. David Thomson’s short, sharp little essays rescue dozens of films from undeserved obscurity while questioning the inflated reputations of an equal number of sacred turkeys. He wears his erudition (and his research) lightly and the result is a book that is authoritative but never magisterial, good-natured yet never lazy or idly nostalgic. It is a monumental addition to the very short shelf of truly worthwhile books about the movies.”
— Richard Schickel

“Brilliant commentary that combines the idiosyncratic and authoritative as only Thomson can do.”
— Molly Haskell

“One of the great pleasures of cinephilia is reading David Thomson. No one who writes about film is more adroitly encyclopedic or a more skillful provocateur. This huge collection is filled with delights for both the casual reader who wants to discover new and old treasures and for the seasoned cinephile who enjoys having his views challenged and expanded by the keenly analytical Dr. Johnson of the cinema.”
— Joseph McBride

“A major event. After a hundred years of film history, here finally is the big, juicy pantheon of movies as only the foremost film writer of our time could put together. A personal book that states clearly how movies we see define and elucidate so much of our individual and collective lives. Read from cover to cover, it has the energy and quality of those sprawling, satisfying epic novels you get lost in. For most readers this will be that source of endless argument and discussion, that dog-eared, indispensable reference book that resides next to the TV. ‘Have You Seen . . ....