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Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Film ThreatAnthony Ray BenchFilm ThreatAnthony Ray BenchA film called My Wonderful Wanda needed more exploration of the title character.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreDeath and new life, cultural prejudices and that Swiss obsession with money play into a film that is Germanic in its darkness, as subtle as a wet slap and funny? Eventually.
- 70VarietyAlissa SimonVarietyAlissa SimonIt’s an engaging, mostly well-acted tale, full of surprising twists, even if some seem a bit too on the nose.
- 60CineVueMatthew AndersonCineVueMatthew AndersonBehind the closed doors of this lakeside paradise it is clear that there’s trouble afoot.
- 50Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinOberli and Ziesche, who’ve divided the story into three chapters plus an epilogue (the less said about the plot the better to protect a few solid twists), attempt to lay bare the thorny issue of outsourcing care work to migrants but don’t layer in enough heft or context to make a wholly satisfying statement.
- 50The New York TimesKristen Yoonsoo KimThe New York TimesKristen Yoonsoo KimThe film, written by Oberli and Cooky Ziesche, satirizes class divides and xenophobia (“the Pole” constantly carries a derogatory connotation here), but never takes the satire far enough to be memorable, challenging or anything beyond whimsical.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenBettina Oberli is more interested in the interplay of her characters than a barbed look at geopolitics, an approach that clicks only to a point in this well-performed but overlong and uneven feature.
- 50Washington PostAnn HornadayWashington PostAnn HornadayAn engrossing but uneven comedy-drama.