Looking for Eric because the film festival was "in receipt of financial support from the State of Israel". The book for "Looking For Eric" is published by Route Publishing. It includes the full screenplay, extra scenes, colour photographs from the film and on set, and introductions from Paul Laverty, Ken Loach, Eric Cantona and production notes from the cast and crew. In July 2014, "Looking for Eric" had an 85% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film won the Magritte Award for Best Film in Coproduction. Roger Ebert, who had praised many of Ken Loach's previous works, gave the film two stars out of
Looking Glass (film) 12 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". "The Hollywood Reporter" wrote that "even the actors' fine efforts cannot rescue "Looking Glass" from terminal murkiness." Eric Cohn of IndieWire described Nicolas Cage's character as a "bored peeping tom" and called the film "VOD bait" in his negative review. Robert Abele of the "Los Angeles Times" wrote that the playground in which the film operates "should be enough to make for a satisfyingly disreputable thriller" but that hoping for one "doesn't equal results." Jesse Hessenger of "The A.V. Club" wrote, "Despite [Cage's] presence and the movie's atmosphere, "Looking Glass" is just another murder