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72 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    88
    Whether you conclude that this project is a brilliant hoax that exposes how the rapid transition from communism to a free market economy has created an ad addicted, consumer-mad culture in the Czech Republic, or simply a cruel joke, one thing is undeniable. It's a fascinating account.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    75
    A small but droll big-box comedy.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    The film did well at the local box office and has been shown at some 40 international festivals. Eat your heart out, Michael Moore.
  4. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    70
    On one level, this is an altogether obvious lesson about market capitalism.
  5. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jim Ridley
    70
    Hey, Prague--you got punk'd! In this subversive Central European slice of reality TV, Czech film students Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda protest the kudzu creep of globalization with a stunt worthy of the Yes Men.
  6. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    70
    Czech Dream has an impish effectiveness. But what saves it from being an arrogantly aren't-we-clever? home movie is, refreshingly, the flimflammed masses themselves, lured as the bargain-hungry but left looking like cattle out for a graze.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    70
    When they discover they've been made fools of, they accept this performance event with surprising equanimity. There is a lot of grumbling but no riot. They get the joke.
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