Ceský sen 2004

Critics score:
79 / 100

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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: A small but droll big-box comedy. Read more

Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: It's obviously more fun to watch Czech Dream than it was to experience the deception firsthand. Read more

Mark Feeney, Boston Globe: Let's encourage people to make fools of themselves -- then mock them when they act foolishly! Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: The film wavers between nervous dread for the unsuspecting public and sheer gall at the number of consultants who agreed to help sell something nonexistent (for money, of course). Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: Eat your heart out, Michael Moore. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: An examination of the Czech soul -- and, I guess, everybody's. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Slick, sly, often sharply funny documentary. Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: Read more

Eddie Cockrell, Variety: Read more

Jim Ridley, Village Voice: The filmmakers sometimes come off as smug jerks, but that doesn't mean they're wrong about the insidious impact of chain colonization, or the infernal effectiveness of something-for-nothing come-ons even in political pitches. Read more