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Caryn James, New York Times: The film forces the audience to confront the most vile aspects of life, without offering enough intellectual substance to justify sitting through such brutality. Read more
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: Kieslowski movingly demonstrates the unexpected connections that strangers make, and ponders the metaphysical forces that not only bind us, but also redeem us. Read more