79
Metascore
23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversFierce, funny and vividly moving.
- 90The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensIs, in the end, a boisterous love song -- a funny valentine to London, to chaos and to human decency.
- 83Portland OregonianDiana Abu-JaberPortland OregonianDiana Abu-JaberIf dissonance is your dish, you'll find Beautiful People tempting indeed.
- 80Dallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufDallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufDeftly delivered and free of gratuitous gloss, yet enormously rich in its unassuming manner.
- 80L.A. WeeklyF. X. FeeneyL.A. WeeklyF. X. FeeneyDizdar maintains a knife-edged balance in tone throughout the film
- 75Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezOften grim, but never nihilistic: Even at its darkest, Dizdar gives the movie an optimistic bounce. The movie is often shockingly funny, too.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt is fairly lighthearted, under the circumstances; like "Catch-22," it enjoys the paradoxes that occur when you try to apply logic to war.
- 70Film.comFilm.comMore whimsical than gloomy, for all the horrors it alludes to or depicts.
- 63Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrIt's a spirited and essentially optimistic film, but it's also simplistic.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghEqual parts soap drama and ham-fisted morality tale.