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Marta Barber, Miami Herald: See it as a war romance, and you'll like it. Read more
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: [Resembles] something like Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Read more
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: A well-deserved 2003 Oscar nominee for best foreign-language film. Read more
Janice Page, Boston Globe: Humble, heartwarming storytelling with good acting and lush visuals. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: A film that provides all the old-fashioned pleasures and satisfactions of a Victorian triple-decker. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: An intimate epic with the scope of old Hollywood and the emotional depth of a rigorous art film. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: A simple story, baldly told. Read more
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger: The film is marred by poorly constructed supporting characters and disorienting subplots that burst in out of nowhere. Read more
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Mr. Trojan has succeeded in his objective by surmounting the horrors of a real-life time and place with a romantic dramatization of great love flowering on dangerous soil. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: It has a familiar, lived-in feel, and if its observations of rural life at a time of political turmoil don't feel terribly original, they are nonetheless absorbing and sometimes powerful. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Sometimes transcends its predictability. But at two and a half hours, 'sometimes' isn't really often enough. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: A trite but sturdy offering. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Trojan's direction is capable, and Asen Sopov's dark-hued cinematography is even better than that. The only thing missing is an appreciation for drama that does more than deliver the expected. Read more
Eddie Cockrell, Variety: It is the clear-eyed strength of Geislerova's Eliska/Hana, matched with Hungarian-born Cserhalmi's gentle giant Joza, that render pic consistently interesting. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: The movie's on the long-winded side in the final stretches and seems to stuff five acts into three; but for fans of old-fashioned European filmmaking, this may have its pleasing qualities. Read more