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31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanMacDowell gives an uneven performance, as she often does, but Strathairn is ideally cast as the conflicted husband.
- 75Miami HeraldMiami HeraldIt's that very savagery -- not its love-can-conquer-all theme -- that makes Harrison's Flowers worth picking.
- 70Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonThe movie's still a solid "B," a workmanlike drama.
- 67Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldIt's a chillingly cautionary tale. Less an anti-war than a pro-order film, it tells us that the veneer of civilization is paper thin.
- 63USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigAs far-fetched as it sometimes seems, the film resonates in the wake of the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
- 63Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachBaltimore SunChris KaltenbachGets the hell of war right and struggles to depict the unyielding passion of love. But the two sides make for an uneasy mix, one that not even the actors seem comfortable with.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghMaking such a tragedy the backdrop to a love story risks trivializing it, though Chouraqui no doubt intended the film to affirm love's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror.
- 50New Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufNew Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufThe story's a trifle, but it's consistently edgy as the team stride straight into the middle of grisly violence so they can capture it on film.
- 50Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumIt's ultimately a losing battle when the audience's lack of interest in eastern Europeans is assumed at the outset.
- 40L.A. WeeklyManohla DargisL.A. WeeklyManohla DargisA premise so patently absurd, so implausible, they might as well have pitched it to the Oxygen channel.