Breaking the Waves
October Films | Release Date: November 13, 1996 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 29 Critic Reviews
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24
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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60
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Although it contains many visually compelling passages and some provocative moments, the movie is strangely banal and simplistic. Read full review
60
EmpireAngie Errigo
As frustrating as it is rewarding. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Shallow where it would be meaningful, demanding leaps of faith it has not earned, this film's marriage of arresting technique to empty thinking is not unique, only frustrating. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
The longer the movie drones on, the queasier it gets. [6 June 1997, Life, p.3D]
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