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Aimee & Jaguar
Zeitgeist Films

Aimee & Jaguar reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 72 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.6 out of 10
based on 21 reviews
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MPAA RATING: Not rated

Starring Maria Schrader, Juliane Köhler, Johanna Wokalek, and Heike Makatsch

In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women. (Zeitgeist Films)


GENRE(S): Romance  
WRITTEN BY: Erica Fischer (novel)
Max Färberböck
Rona Munro
 
DIRECTED BY: Max Färberböck  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: October 30, 2001 
Video: October 30, 2001 
Theatrical: August 11, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 126 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Germany 
LANGUAGE(S): German (with English subtitles) 

What The Critics Said

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100
Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan
A standout.
89
Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
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 G. Allen Johnson
A guilty pleasure and one of the best films of the year.
83
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
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 Paula Nechak
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 Kim Morgan
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.
80
Film.com Peter Brunette
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 Ella Taylor
A sophisticated and beautiful feature debut.
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80
TV Guide Ken Fox
A bold, remarkable film.
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76
Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson
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 Chris Kaltenbach
There's no denying the raw emotional power of this heart-rending story.
75
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
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 Hannah Brown
Entertaining, extravagantly emotional.
75
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Färberböck has directed the story with a canny blend of liveliness and taste.
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75
Chicago Tribune John Petrakis
When Aimee and Jaguar gets on one of its frequent rolls, it can evoke memories of Bertolucci or even De Sica.
75
San Francisco Chronicle Carla Meyer
A lustrously shot, well-acted and immensely moving romantic drama.
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70
Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
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 Stephen Hunter
A surprisingly lush, well-produced film.
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60
Salon.com Charles Taylor
A consistently engrossing piece of work.
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60
Village Voice Leslie Camhi
Relies on the hefty talents of its two leading ladies.
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40
The New York Times Dave Kehr
There is surprisingly little emotional amplitude in the film.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 9.6 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

LisaJo N. gave it a10:
As a lesbian and as someone who lived in Germany as a child after the second world war, I found the emotional and national resonance of the film to be breathtaking. Everthing rings so true and at the same time so wonderously happy and so tragic. I cannot recommend a film more hightly.

Isabel C. gave it a 10:
I'm in love with both the movie and specially Juliane Köhler. What else can i say?

Natalie R. gave it a 9:
I absolutely LOVED this film; so much so that I had to buy the video. The acting is marvelous, the true story is riviting and the love between the two women exquisite. I am captivated!

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