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8.5 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 10 Ratings

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  1. ChadS.
    Jul 25, 2004
    5
    After a roll in the hay, literally, Gaenor reaches down for Solomon's crotch, and remarks that he's different "down there", meaning, he's uncircumcised. In "Boys Don't Cry", Lana(Chloe Sevigny) sees Brandon (Hillary Swank)'s clevage, but prefers the illusion that she's a boy. In "Solomon & Gaenor", Gaenor's scenes with Solomon would've worked better had she been in denial of his heritage, but the girl is clueless. I was certain of this when she appears at Solomon's door and tells him that he was hard to find, like a community concentrated with Jews was the last place she searched. Gaenor's kind of stupid, and her ravenous sexual appetite, could be a behavioral anachorism. Solomon is no rocket scientist himself. Unbridled passion breeds irrationality, but Ioann Gruffudd's fatalism seems more asinine than inevitable because Gaenor doesn't strike me as suicide material. … Expand
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  2. rh
    Nov 6, 2005
    0
    Really bad! boring and hard to follow.
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  3. JonathanC.
    Apr 26, 2002
    10
    I was absolutely moved ... what a tragedy ... great acting by both roberts and gruffudd.
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  4. PeterF.
    Nov 5, 2003
    10
    To simplify, one might call this "Romeo and Juliet" in Wales but there is more to the story; in particular, a Jewish peddler in a Christian community, a miners' strike, a pogrom that follows a labor dispute. The film is incredibly well-acted and beautifully composed.
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  5. MatthewP.
    Nov 28, 2001
    10
    Great movie, great story. The acting is supurb. 10 out of 10 from me.
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  6. KaKaUA
    Aug 12, 2010
    10
    Absolutely loved the movie. Unfortunately, had to watch it in Russian. But, I guess, it was actually a good thing, as I doubt I'd get the Welsh and the Yiddish :)
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Metascore
58 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 22
  3. Negative: 2 out of 22
  1. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Kimberley Jones
    50
    The landscape and the lovers are pretty to look at, but two households divided should really pack more of a punch.
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  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    63
    It takes us nowhere we haven't been before, except geographically.
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  3. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Curtis Morgan
    63
    Bogs down in a deep muck of inevitability.
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