 Vinnie Mancuso from "New York Observer" also highlighted Mazouz's performance, writing "I...genuinely loved this; completely, unironically loved the performances put in by both Mr. Bowen and David Mazouz, who at 15-years-old can display more complex emotions with his face than I've ever had actual complex emotions.Of course, yeah, there is always a part of me that wishes "Gotham" would stick a middle-finger directly into the camera and say 'screw your canon, nerds!