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68 out of 100

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8.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 26 Ratings

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ruthe Stein
    100
    I don't claim to have seen every entry from around the world, but it's hard to imagine five better than this deliciously offbeat comedy, as wildly inventive as anything Billy Wilder ever conceived.
  2. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    91
    In a disarmingly entertaining fashion, this multiaward-winning German bittersweet comedy seems to encapsulate all the emotion and drama of that profound geopolitical event.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    60
    Overlong and a bit tiresome but it's actually about something.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 18
  3. Negative: 2 out of 18
  1. DidierR.
    10
    Awesome!! I loved this film...OST with Yann Tiersen.... GREAT.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. NickJ.
    8
    This is an immensely complex tale of truth and perspective set in East Berlin after the fall of the wall. Some people will always call this a comedy, but that is because they failed to scrape off the cream and discover the rich undergrowth of complexity in this extremely thought provoking film.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. AdamL.
    3
    Headache inducing. It's as if the filmmakers couldn't decide whether this should be a political drama, a period piece, or a comedy, and so tried to mash all three together in the most jarring fashion imaginable. It just doesn't work.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes

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