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Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: A vivid, nuanced and sweetly forgiving study in moral ambiguity. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Impressive for its mastery, intelligence, and ambition in juggling intricate plot strands and memorable characters. Read more
John Hartl, Seattle Times: Beauty in Trouble uses another kind of catastrophe to reveal the true nature of its central characters. Read more
Leighton Walter Kille, Boston Globe: This being a Czech film, drama, comedy, history, and social commentary are served up in equal proportion. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Deeply affecting and darkly amusing. Read more
Cary Darling, Dallas Morning News: While this seems like familiar territory, in the hands of director Jan Hrebejk and his longtime screenwriting partner, Petr Jarchovsky, it's an engrossing, layered story of the ill-fitting choices and compromises everyone makes. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: Comedy and chemistry make for an intoxicating mix in this acerbic, knowing character study from Czech director Jan Hrebejk and screenwriter Petr Jarchovsky. Read more
V.A. Musetto, New York Post: Will Marcela (wonderful Ana Geislerova) opt for brains or brawn? The answer might surprise you. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Beauty in Trouble offers a meditation on the legacies of communism and the lure of capitalism, but also on the human need for love, connection and family. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: This is the kind of film that achieves one simple but difficult thing: It pleases you. Read more
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Michelle Orange, Village Voice: Unfortunately, Hrebejk settles for unsatisfying allusions to the Czech experience that never break through the thick haze of melodrama to make his case with any conviction. Read more