| 100 |
San Francisco Chronicle
A vital, sexy and touching movie that goes to the heart of what human caring is all about.
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| 88 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
With the filmmaking techniques pared to the bone, it is left to the actors to bring the scenes alive - and they do, often brilliantly.
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| 88 |
New York Post
A delightful, fresh dark comedy.
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| 88 |
Chicago Tribune
Marc Caro
Shares the characters' off-kilter yet human qualities.
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| 83 |
Entertainment Weekly
As loose and restful as pajamas.
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| 75 |
Chicago Sun-Times
If the story is immensely satisfying in a traditional way, the style has its own delights.
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| 75 |
New York Daily News
Refreshingly nondogmatic.
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| 75 |
Boston Globe
The liveliest, most original family values film of the year so far.
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| 75 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
An edgy comedy with heart.
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| 70 |
Film.com
An acerbically comic fable.
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| 70 |
LA Weekly
A mood of anarchic spontaneity and freshness that thrills.
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| 67 |
Austin Chronicle
Curious and effective.
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| 63 |
USA Today
An unusual walk down the aisle.
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| 63 |
San Francisco Examiner
Queasy comedy.
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| 60 |
Los Angeles Times
A pow-in-the-kisser kind of movie.
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| 60 |
The New York Times
The brusque realism of Kragh-Jacobsen's style -- his careful suppression of style -- allows a surprising sweetness to emerge.
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| 53 |
Mr. Showbiz
Might be structured like a soggy house of cards, but it's shot beautifully and acted expertly.
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| 50 |
TV Guide
Both enjoyably lighthearted and proof that even the most stridently purist approach to filmmaking can produce a cliched romantic comedy.
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| 50 |
Dallas Observer
Mifune's radical stylings belie its clichéd core.
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| 50 |
Film.com
There are satisfying moments throughout the movie.
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| 50 |
Christian Science Monitor
Makes up in solid acting what it lacks in Hollywood-type frills.
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| 40 |
Chicago Reader
Cliched narrative, which isn't funny as often as seems intended.
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| 20 |
Slate
Material so utterly conventional that you can predict every plot turn after the first half-hour.
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| 20 |
Village Voice
Grows increasingly slack and silly.
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