Aimee & Jaguar
Metascore
72 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Desmond Ryan
    100
    A standout.
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  2. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    89
    That Aimée & Jaguar manages so well in triple duty as a wartime melodrama with a lesbian twist is remarkable.
  3. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    88
    A guilty pleasure and one of the best films of the year.
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  4. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    83
    Färberböck's sensual adaptation is a matter of fact embrace of the unconventional and dangerous during a terrible time.
  5. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Kim Morgan
    83
    It's a first love story that goes beyond many simplistic notions as to why people fall for one another. If it weren't true, no one would believe it.
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  6. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Paula Nechak
    83
    First-time feature film director Max Farberbock has given a terrific visual style, resonance, sense of hope and power to the material.

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User Score
7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. LisaJoN.
    10
    As a lesbian and as someone who lived in Germany as a child after the second world war, I found the emotional and national resonance of the film to be breathtaking. Everthing rings so true and at the same time so wonderously happy and so tragic. I cannot recommend a film more hightly.… Full Review »
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