Ann Hornaday said Chau's performance was "spiky, endearing, bracingly direct and touchingly expressive". A touchingly endearing album with more heart than you'd expect. It was her sensual, touchingly naive portrayal that gave this character a new, humane dimension. Touchingly, they documented Fleming's battle with ill-health and attempt to recollect his fondest memories. Its ending, which can be seen as "hokey" or false, now seemed "touchingly real". The hair was a Vaseline cathedral, the mouth a touchingly uncertain sneer of allure. Anthony Dean Griffey sang touchingly and surely in the tenor role of Mitch. She asks him quite touchingly whether he had seen her loved one anywhere. Beth says goodbye, gives Denis a kiss, and touchingly thanks him for loving her. The man touchingly bids farewell to the dog. Matt Roush from "TV Guide" says that George is played touchingly by Russell Tovey. First she turns in a touchingly real performance, the best of her big-screen career.