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Metascore
70 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critics What's this?

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7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

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  • Starring: Dorothée Berryman, Marie-Josée Croze, Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau
  • Summary: Director Denys Arcand revisits the situations and relationships that informed his international breakthrough "The Decline of the American Empire." Set 17 years after Decline, this film, like its predecessor, examines the varying politics -- economic, personal and sexual -- at play among a group of friends, lovers and ex-spouses. (Miramax)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 34
  3. Negative: 2 out of 34
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    Dying 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.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    If 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.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    38
    Schmaltzy and contrived.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 20
  3. Negative: 1 out of 20
  1. BobM.
    9
    A beautiful film; very unhollywood; thoughful; and thank God, not something the Villlage Voice liked.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. PatC.
    7
    Intelligent and relevant without being inspiring, being somewhat diluted by itself.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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