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(1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 80% Fresh Page   1   "Its vicious satire and ambivalent final images leave a bitter aftertaste to ensure that its message of cautious optimism, though sweet, never becomes too cloying. "   Movie Gazette   Anton Bitel 2.5/4 "Stilted yet emotionally successful"   Film Freak Central   Bill Chambers B ""The Barbarian Invasions" is an intriguing meditation on the inevitable fall of ideologies under the pressure of nature's laws."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 3/4 "Taking themes and ideas from Kurosawa's Ikuru and Kasdan's The Big Chill (to name a few), director Denys Arcand still manages to make this film his own."   Movie Boeuf   David N. Butterworth 3/4 "Arcand does a fantastic job of establishing these folks to the point where we really feel like we know them..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C- "I think before this filmmaker casts his barbarian stones, he should look at himself."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 1/4 "Privileged audiences that swooned for Decline of the American Empire should expect more of the same oh-so-witty jibber-jabber and specious political “noise” exchanged between Arcand’s motley intellectuals."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez A "A film with a sense of joy and wonder as it celebrates our existence, while reminding us of some of the human traits… which keep us from enjoying life as much as we should."   FilmJerk.com   Edward Havens "Es con extraordinaria sutileza que el canadiense Denys Arcand nos va metiendo en -y haciendo parte de- los últimos días del protagonista de esta película."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio A- ""The history of mankind is a history of horrors," says Remy in one of his pontificating moods. So, we gather, is the history of this family."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov C "Visually 'The Barbarian Invasions' has a nice surface, but the more one listens to it the more ephemeral and inconsequential it becomes."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "A bracing Canadian comedy about all those bothersome forces that unsettle our lives along with those surprising blessings which open our hearts unexpectedly."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat A "One feels awestruck by Arcand's accomplishment: starkly aware of life's beauty, its fragility, and the undeniable truth that friends, lovers, and family are what makes us who we are."   Mixed Reviews   Gabriel Shanks 3.5/4 "In the end, our tears are because we identify with these characters, not because the script has inelegantly manipulated our emotions."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 1/5 "...jerkily paced, dramatically obvious, and seems penned by a self-serious 16-year-old"   Los Angeles Alternative   Jay Antani 6/10 "[I] felt it was trying to do too much with what looked increasingly like a fantasy premise."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen B "represents an artistic ideal of how we'd all like to end things"   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit 8/10 "The occasion is death, but the movie is a joyous celebration of life."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 2.5/5 "And underwhelming is any film that uses footage of the attack on the World Trade Center for one of its few emotional jolts."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner 3.5/4 "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of loose women; it’s wonderful to be dying in Montreal."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 3.5/4 "A welcomed return to form for Denys Arcand, his best film in more than a decade."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest B "a sentimental homage to a big, broad life that rarely turns mawkish"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/4 "In spite of their differences, father and son finally become close"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes 5/5 "Um daqueles raros exemplares que não alimentam apenas a mente, mas também o coração."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4/5 "Besides being a witty look at life, death and relationships, this is also a startlingly insightful examination of civilisation."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline A "Beautifully-written followup to writer-director Denys Arcand's earlier film, “The Decline of the American Empire.” It offers insight into life, death and relationships."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B- "There are some pluses to Barbarian Invasion, ... with a gruffly touching performance as the family patriarch by Remy Girard"   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 3.5/4 "Arcand gives us a wonderful portrait of real people forced to reconcile their pasts against a certain future and rejoicing in what once was and can continue to be... "   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 9/10 Read review   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger Read review   In the Dark   Jonathan F. Richards  (1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 80% Fresh Page   1