Taking Sides
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5.4 out of 10

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  3. Negative: 2 out of 5

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Metascore
61 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 26
  3. Negative: 2 out of 26
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    42
    The sides to consider in Taking Sides are all but obscured by cinematic pomposity at best, Holocaust porn at worst.
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  2. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Anthony Lane
    70
    The deep drawback of Taking Sides is that it forgets to be interested in music. [8 September 2003, p. 100]
  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    60
    Taking Sides has a padded-out, stagebound quality that is anything but lyrical. And Szabó, a Hungarian best known for "Mephisto" and "Colonel Redl," is not at his best here.
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