| 100 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
A standout.
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| 89 |
Austin Chronicle
That Aimée & Jaguar manages so well in triple duty as a wartime melodrama with a lesbian twist is remarkable.
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| 88 |
San Francisco Examiner
A guilty pleasure and one of the best films of the year.
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| 83 |
Entertainment Weekly
Färberböck's sensual adaptation is a matter of fact embrace of the unconventional and dangerous during a terrible time.
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| 83 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
First-time feature film director Max Farberbock has given a terrific visual style, resonance, sense of hope and power to the material.
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| 83 |
Portland Oregonian
It's a first love story that goes beyond many simplistic notions as to why people fall for one another. If it weren't true, no one would believe it.
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| 80 |
Film.com
Its series of quiet but moving realizations of the utter ubiquity of the Nazi horror in every single aspect of life, even something as hidden as a sexual sub-culture, is powerful indeed.
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| 80 |
LA Weekly
A sophisticated and beautiful feature debut.
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| 80 |
TV Guide
A bold, remarkable film.
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| 76 |
Mr. Showbiz
One of the year's best imports and one of the very few queer movies that transcends its sexual orientation.
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| 75 |
Baltimore Sun
There's no denying the raw emotional power of this heart-rending story.
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| 75 |
Chicago Sun-Times
This is the kind of story that has to be true; as fiction, it would not be believable.
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| 75 |
New York Post
Entertaining, extravagantly emotional.
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| 75 |
Christian Science Monitor
Färberböck has directed the story with a canny blend of liveliness and taste.
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| 75 |
Chicago Tribune
When Aimee and Jaguar gets on one of its frequent rolls, it can evoke memories of Bertolucci or even De Sica.
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| 75 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Carla Meyer
A lustrously shot, well-acted and immensely moving romantic drama.
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| 70 |
Los Angeles Times
With key scenes so vivid they barely feel scripted, this is more than a same-sex success, it's a most affecting, most sensual on-screen love affair, period.
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| 70 |
Washington Post
A surprisingly lush, well-produced film.
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| 60 |
Salon.com
A consistently engrossing piece of work.
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| 60 |
Village Voice
Relies on the hefty talents of its two leading ladies.
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| 40 |
The New York Times
There is surprisingly little emotional amplitude in the film.
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