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Aryan Couple, The
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Aryan Couple, The reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 29 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
3.6 out of 10
based on 13 reviews
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and thematic elements

Starring Caroline Carver, Kenny Doughty, Martin Landau, Austen Palmer, Steven Mackintosh, and Judy Parfitt

Set in occupied Hungary in 1944, this is the story of a German/Jewish industrialist who attempts to guarantee safe passage for his family by relinquishing all of his possessions to the Nazis.


GENRE(S): Drama  |  War  
WRITTEN BY: John Daly
Kendrew Lascelles
 
DIRECTED BY: John Daly  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: December 3, 2004 
RUNNING TIME: 120 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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80
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
This handsome film is a splendid, stirring feat of the imagination.
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50
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
A few genuinely tense scenes are not enough to overcome a thin script, weak direction and an unceasingly high-strung score.
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50
Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
A handsome Holocaust melodrama hobbled by a transparent and cartoonish script.
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50
LA Weekly Kim Morgan
We get director John Daly's feel-good tedium and a waste of a performance by the magnificent Landau.
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40
TV Guide Ken Fox
Set mostly over the course of a single evening, the film is lugubriously paced and filled with improbable turns of events.
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40
Variety Ronnie Scheib
Picture's dubious brand of heroism, half-baked historical sense, simplistic dialogue, flat staging and barely formed characters make for sluggish sledding.
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38
Boston Globe Michael Hardy
Despite its handsome photography and a few memorable performances, The Aryan Couple is mainly notable for its inappropriate, blithe sentimentality.
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30
The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray
An oafish bore.
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30
The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
Definitely third-rate Holocaust material.
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30
The New York Times Dana Stevens
The problem, as it is so often in well-intentioned movies of this kind, is that rather than illuminate the enormity of Nazism, The Aryan Couple trades upon our knowledge of it for emotional impact.
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25
New York Post Lou Lumenick
No "Schindler's List," to put it mildly.
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20
Village Voice Melissa Anderson
Feel-good historical fiction, The Aryan Couple insultingly seeks to soothe and comfort against the reality of atrocity.
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10
Washington Post Stephen Hunter
The whole thing is coarse and vulgar, as it hides its low fascinations behind a scrim of Holocaust piety until it becomes pure kitsch.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 3.6 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

richard gave it a1:
How did this ever get made???

marc l. gave it a1:
John Daly should stick to golf where he excels.

Rick gave it a2:
Boring and pointless. Not sure if we are watching a story about the industrialist and his good intentions, the aryan couple, or teh "good" nazis.

Stanley K. gave it a4:
A soapy, languid picture that you'd expect to see on cable because it stars Martin Landau. John Daly, one of the greatest producers of all time, is for some reason a very average director and writer. A soapy, languid picture that you'd expect to see on cable because it stars Martin Landau. John Daly, one of the greatest producers of all time, is for some reason a very average director and writer. I saw the film's world premiere and Mr. Daly was in attendance. I was sorry to see that Mr. Daly clearly doesn't have people around him honest enough to give him the critical feedback he needs to stop train wrecks like this.

Delius gave it a 0:
An insult to the memory of those who suffered at the hands of the Nazis. One of the worst movies I have ever seen. Comic book Nazis, The Holocaust and a tense stand off around the dinner table... WHY? Oh money of course!

James F. gave it a 9:
Saw this film at a special screening in New York. What a thrill. Keeps you guessing right to the last minute. The Q&A afterwards with John Daly was amazing. This film looks like a $30million picture....it was made for under $10million. Amazing!

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