83
Metascore
27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliLight entertainment, this is not. Unforgettable and challenging cinema, it is.
- 100The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneAs with "Together," Moodysson has pulled off a staggering dramatic coup, and again we are forced to ask: How does he do it? [21 & 28 April 2003, p.194]
- 91Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerIt's almost too devastating for words, yet never less than compelling and heartbreakingly affecting.
- 90Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonLilya's struggle to make a life for herself is both heartbreaking and heart-stirring.
- 90The New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe New RepublicStanley KauffmannIt is Akinshina's presence and performance that make the pedestrian story heart-wrenching. She is pretty, responsive, reflective. Without the slightest strain, she convinces us of the beauty and pathos and hope within Lilya.
- 88New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoLilya is portrayed by Oksana Akinshina, who gives a dynamic, heartbreaking performance... She was wonderful in ["Brothers"], but is even more astonishing in Lilya 4-Ever.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie, written and directed by Lukas Moodysson, has the directness and clarity of a documentary, but allows itself touches of tenderness and grief.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThis grim Danish-Swedish production is socially revealing and artistically creative, both coldly realistic and infused with compassion for its heroine and her youth culture.
- 75Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrDoesn't derive its power from the turning wheels of plot suspense but from the simple act of looking and not blinking.
- 63New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack Mathewsa despairing movie that you can't look away from, though you'll wish you could.