The Aryan Couple
First Look International | Release Date: December 3, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
29
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
7
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
This handsome film is a splendid, stirring feat of the imagination. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
A few genuinely tense scenes are not enough to overcome a thin script, weak direction and an unceasingly high-strung score. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyKim Morgan
We get director John Daly's feel-good tedium and a waste of a performance by the magnificent Landau. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
A handsome Holocaust melodrama hobbled by a transparent and cartoonish script. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Set mostly over the course of a single evening, the film is lugubriously paced and filled with improbable turns of events. Read full review
40
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Picture's dubious brand of heroism, half-baked historical sense, simplistic dialogue, flat staging and barely formed characters make for sluggish sledding. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeMichael Hardy
Despite its handsome photography and a few memorable performances, The Aryan Couple is mainly notable for its inappropriate, blithe sentimentality. Read full review
30
The New York TimesDana Stevens
The problem, as it is so often in well-intentioned movies of this kind, is that rather than illuminate the enormity of Nazism, The Aryan Couple trades upon our knowledge of it for emotional impact. Read full review
30
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
An oafish bore. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Definitely third-rate Holocaust material. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
No "Schindler's List," to put it mildly. Read full review
20
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
Feel-good historical fiction, The Aryan Couple insultingly seeks to soothe and comfort against the reality of atrocity. Read full review
10
Washington PostStephen Hunter
The whole thing is coarse and vulgar, as it hides its low fascinations behind a scrim of Holocaust piety until it becomes pure kitsch. Read full review
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