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Bosley Crowther, New York Times: Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: With its mixture of tones, its multiple plot focuses and its singular use of the virtuosity of Spanish guitarist Narciso Yepes on the soundtrack, it is very much its own film. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Read more
David Ehrlich, Time Out: The movie is clearly not interested in sugarcoating or sentimentalizing WWII, even though Clement has every opportunity to do so. Read more
Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice: [It] has gone from the exemplar of what expressive narrative filmmaking could be to something more elegiac: This is what it now rarely even dares aspire to. Read more