Bye Bye Germany
Film Movement | Release Date: April 13, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
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Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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6
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 6, 2020
Bye Bye Germany makes for a sly, smart, funny and still touching peek into that horrid past, a dramedy with pathos and a reminder that “L’chaim, to life” is the best way to remember it — with a toast to life. In the end, that’s the best revenge of all. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisMay 2, 2018
A formidable exercise in storytelling. Even at the end, when the inevitable goodbye toast occurs, there is a twist awaiting us. Read full review
70
Village VoiceKaren HanApr 25, 2018
The story digs deep enough that the cheese Garbarski lays on at the end feels well-earned. It’s a charmingly made film. Read full review
70
Screen DailyLee MarshallApr 13, 2018
A little too jaunty and picaresque at times, Bye Bye Germany is nevertheless, when it hits its stride, an entertaining, watchable take on the oppressed-minority-comeback genre (“We’re the Jewish revenge”, as one of the salesmen bitterly quips), shadowed at every turn by an unspeakable horror. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyApr 13, 2018
Ultimately, even if some secondary characters and plotlines are underserved, the strength of the story and the emotional range of the experiences depicted prevail. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinApr 13, 2018
Bye Bye Germany is a deeply felt yet unsentimental, often wry look at a group of Jewish friends — all Nazi-era survivors — who, in 1946 Frankfurt, unite to sell high-end linens to raise the funds to emigrate to America. Not your typical Holocaust-inspired drama. Read full review
50
VarietyJessica KiangApr 13, 2018
There’s a storybook complacency to Garbarski’s filmmaking (indeed the literal translation of the German title is “Once Upon a Time in Germany”) that gives us the impression that all this is snow-globe history, put away behind glass on a shelf somewhere. Read full review
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