The Barbarian Invasions
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 26 Ratings
- Starring: Dorothée Berryman, Marie-Josée Croze, Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau
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- Director: Denys Arcand
- Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Comedy, Romance, Crime
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Positive: 27 out of 34
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Mixed: 5 out of 34
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Negative: 2 out of 34
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100Dying is not this cheerful, but we need to think it is. The Barbarian Invasions is a movie about a man who dies about as pleasantly as it's possible to imagine; the audience sheds happy tears.
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80A reunion movie, and while it's often very funny, it has none of the self-satisfied piety or strenuous jokiness of "The Big Chill." Its mood shifts between defiant exuberance and wistful contemplation, but it's never mawkish.
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60If the banter lacks the often brilliant and erudite -- if showy -- sparkle of its predecessor, the acting is still first-rate, and the film will be best enjoyed by fans eager to spend another 90 minutes with a group of old friends.
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38Schmaltzy and contrived.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 20
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Mixed: 2 out of 20
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Negative: 1 out of 20
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BobM.9A beautiful film; very unhollywood; thoughful; and thank God, not something the Villlage Voice liked.
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PatC.7Intelligent and relevant without being inspiring, being somewhat diluted by itself.
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