Critic Reviews
| 90 |
Village Voice
A movie of cutting humor, near-constant talk, and one show-stopping dance routine.
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| 90 |
The New York Times
A brilliant satire of emotional politics.
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| 88 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
You can feel the world closing in, which, I would venture, is exactly how Fassbinder wanted you to feel.
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| 88 |
San Francisco Examiner
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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| 80 |
Film.com
The film is very theatrical and admittedly "staged," but always purposefully.
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| 80 |
Chicago Reader
Fred Camper
It's good to see a gay relationship treated no differently than a heterosexual one would be.
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| 75 |
San Francisco Chronicle
This nasty, provocative comedy comes from a play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
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| 75 |
Boston Globe
Loren King
The film does not offer an optimistic view of relationships.
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| 75 |
Christian Science Monitor
The best scenes capture the blend of irony, melodrama, and real emotion that distinguishes Fassbinder's most memorable pictures.
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| 75 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Dark farce, a four-handed game of sexual trumps.
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| 75 |
Miami Herald
Very French and at times threatens to dissolve into a steamy sex farce.
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| 63 |
Chicago Tribune
As much a curiosity piece as anything else.
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| 60 |
TV Guide
The whole thing has the air of a parlor trick, but it's a good trick, beautifully acted.
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| 60 |
Mr. Showbiz
Mild as satire and completely unconvincing as tragicomedy.
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| 50 |
New York Post
The static, claustrophobic movie is very much a filmed play.
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