Ya lyublu tebya 2004

Critics score:
33 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Achy Obejas, Chicago Tribune: To say the epilogue strains credibility is a kindness. The filmmakers seem set on a happy ending, no matter what the story itself is telling them. Read more

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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Suggests that Russia is such a progressive society these days that homophobia can be treated in jaunty fashion as a joke, something that's harmless and transitory. This strains credibility. Read more

Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: The film starts as an entertaining postmodern take on bedroom farce but quickly becomes the kind of sprawling, unpredictable and sexually charged tale associated with Pedro Almodovar, but without the storytelling discipline. Read more

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Mario Tarradell, Dallas Morning News: The film comes off as little more than a shock-value exercise. Read more

Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Though the progress of this ill-matched love triangle is fun to follow in its self-consciously wacky way, the movie's chief pleasures, at least to a Western eye, are anthropological. Read more

Peter Debruge, Miami Herald: It's certainly no surprise that the best apology Timofei can manage for the heartbroken Vera involves repeating lines from a bad television soap opera. Read more

Jan Stuart, Newsday: Tepid Russian comedy. Read more

Robert Dominguez, New York Daily News: Gay themes aside, it provides a revealing look at Russian society that U.S. audiences seldom see. Read more

Anita Gates, New York Times: It is official. Russia is now modern enough to deal with a romantic theme that Noël Coward tackled in 1933. Read more

Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: The fault lies in an anemic script and misguided attempts by co-directors Olga Stolpovskaya and Dmitry Troitsky to seem hip by using lots of quick cuts. Read more

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Leslie Felperin, Variety: A clumsily drawn, poorly acted love triangle. Read more

Joshua Land, Village Voice: The film is most buoyant when most over-the-top. Read more