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71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
Metascore
67 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Duane Byrge
    80
    Showing that there is both rhyme and madness to seemingly unfragmented everyday life, screenwriter-director Michael Haneke has created a pointillistic portrait of terror, presenting a number of tiny, mundane incidents that eventually enable us to connect the dots.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    70
    The film's Endsville, when we reach it, is almost an anticlimax, thanks to the masterfully orchestrated ensemble acting and the countless dramatic mini-explosions unleashed along the way.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    70
    An icy-cool study of violence both mediated and horribly real.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: Emanuel Levy
    70
    Intellectually demanding and non-commercial film should be embraced in the festival and arthouse circuits by film students and viewers interested in postmodern, deconstructionist cinema.
  5. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    60
    Americans desensitized to senseless violence may find the subject matter almost banal, and the interspersed news footage of armed conflict from around the world feels like a rhetorical device. But the coldly telegraphic structure--a series of 71 blackouts following the four strangers to their deaths--yields some striking moments.
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