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Water Drops on Burning Rocks
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73 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
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  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    90
    A movie of cutting humor, near-constant talk, and one show-stopping dance routine.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    90
    A brilliant satire of emotional politics.
  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    88
    You can feel the world closing in, which, I would venture, is exactly how Fassbinder wanted you to feel.
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  4. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    88
    Through it all, Ozon supplies a sense of pathos that makes fun of its own soullessness, transforming a self-serious suicide note into an existential love letter.
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  5. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    80
    The film is very theatrical and admittedly "staged," but always purposefully.
  6. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Fred Camper
    80
    It's good to see a gay relationship treated no differently than a heterosexual one would be.
  7. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    75
    The best scenes capture the blend of irony, melodrama, and real emotion that distinguishes Fassbinder's most memorable pictures.
  8. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Curtis Morgan
    75
    Very French and at times threatens to dissolve into a steamy sex farce.
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  9. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Bob Graham
    75
    This nasty, provocative comedy comes from a play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
  10. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Loren King
    75
    The film does not offer an optimistic view of relationships.
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  11. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    75
    Dark farce, a four-handed game of sexual trumps.
  12. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: John Petrakis
    63
    As much a curiosity piece as anything else.
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  13. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    60
    Mild as satire and completely unconvincing as tragicomedy.
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  14. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    The whole thing has the air of a parlor trick, but it's a good trick, beautifully acted.
  15. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Hannah Brown
    50
    The static, claustrophobic movie is very much a filmed play.
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