69
Metascore
23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe tonal elegance of this black comedy set in a dark time -- is boldly dependent on performances that tug at taut lines of moral complexity.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranNot only is the film that good, it's also that wonderfully, inescapably Czech.
- 88Philadelphia InquirerDesmond RyanPhiladelphia InquirerDesmond RyanThe film treats the ensuing issues of conscience and compromise with subtlety and warmth.
- 88Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrThe film's triumph - and it is a triumph - in the end rests on the ability of Hrebejk and his actors to convince us that they never stop being normal people.
- 80L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorDivided We Fall briskly, often hilariously, forbids us to wallow in the specious comfort of untainted local heroes or irredeemable villains.
- 80TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelThe result is a lovely movie, one that allows its characters unexpected spurts of growth and regression, darkness and grace.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamSan Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamAudiences will talk about how satisfying this movie is.
- 70Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternBears no resemblance to the smarmy fraud that Roberto Benigni perpetrated in "Life Is Beautiful."
- 67Austin ChronicleMarrit IngmanAustin ChronicleMarrit IngmanThis a deeply humane and affecting movie, surprisingly gentle in spite of its black-comic tinge, and without the slightest hint of schmaltz.
- 60Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanIn its compassionate absurdism and underlying dark humor, the movie seeks to reestablish contact with the Czech new wave.