Goodbye Lenin!
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: February 27, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
25
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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60
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Overlong and a bit tiresome but it's actually about something. Read full review
60
Washington PostMark Jenkins
It's a sweet family dramedy whose political undertones don't flatter either capitalism or "democratic socialism." Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
When the movie got serious again at the end I wasn't buying, though the whole endeavor is helped along by an appealing cast. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Will richly award locals with sly in-jokes and a wonderful comic performance by Bruhl. Non-Germans will certainly get the essence of the humor but may find the movie long and repetitive. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Much too long. It starts to feel like a flabby, dramatic version of the first "Austin Powers" movie, another exercise in living anachronism as a storytelling device. By the time the picture's final note about German reunification is struck, "Lenin!" has raised a wall of indifference for the audience. Read full review
50
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
Combination of comedy and gravity is certainly common enough, but it requires a sure hand and perceptible intent. This screenplay has some neat touches, but it never makes up its mind. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
The film seems overlong and drawn out, with variations on the same joke occurring throughout. Although the performances are good, the nostalgia for the past seems quaint in the new "have it your way" Burger King world. Read full review
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