Abschied - Brechts letzter Sommer
New Yorker Films | Release Date: January 16, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Full of fine performances, led by Josef Bierbichler as Brecht and Monica Bleibtreu as Helene Weigel, his wife. Taken on its own terms, The Farewell makes for rewarding viewing. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Edward Klosinski's staid cinematography lends the film a feeling of late summer languor, a deceptive calm before a terrible storm. The spare, evocative piano soundtrack is by John Cale. Read full review
70
Village VoiceLeslie Camhi
Marvelously grizzled and tender, Josef Bierbichler's Brecht wheezes and grumbles through it all. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
As a sketch of the twilight of a great artist, The Farewell has merit, but the sketch would be better used as the background to a mural. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
A sad, almost morbid -- and cinematically inert -- eulogy to a complex man whose own genius was dampened by arrogance and politics. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Extremely well acted. But as frequently as The Farewell touches on politics, it is essentially an excoriating (and sometimes grimly amusing) domestic drama of a latter-day king and his concubines. Read full review
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