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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 90
    Variety | Eddie Cockrell

    Recent history once again intrudes on the present-day lives of working Czechs in the masterful multicharacter drama Beauty in Trouble. Read full review

  • 88
    Charlotte Observer | Lawrence Toppman

    What director Jan Hrebejk and writer Petr Jarchovsk are talking about is the Czech Republic, ravaged for decades by communism and then left to fend for itself in a world to which it can scarcely adjust. Read full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    Consistently inventive and surprising, Beauty in Trouble evokes human nature in all its strengths and weaknesses, contradictions and ambiguities. It is itself a beauty -- rich in imagery, deftly paced and structured. Read full review

  • 78
    Austin Chronicle | Marc Savlov

    No matter how bad you may have it, you'll feel better about your own lot in life after watching the tumultuous sexual flailings of Marcela and Jarda (Brejchov and Luknr), a way, way, way down on their luck Czech couple. Read full review

  • 75
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea

    Beauty in Trouble offers a meditation on the legacies of communism and the lure of capitalism, but also on the human need for love, connection and family. Read full review

  • 75
    TV Guide | Maitland McDonagh

    A subtle, unsparing portrait of families whose fragile dynamics fray under pressure. Its strength lies in the complexity with which the characters are written. Read full review

  • 75
    Boston Globe |

    This being a Czech film, drama, comedy, history, and social commentary are served up in equal proportion. Read full review

  • 70
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    Whether they're navigating a recently flooded Prague or the pristine waters of a Tuscan swimming pool, the fiends and angels who populate Beauty in Trouble are like so many scorpions explaining why they sting the fabled frog trying to help them: "It's my nature." Read full review

  • 70
    The New York Times | Jeannette Catsoulis

    A movie of stark contrasts and zigzagging motives, Beauty in Trouble moves from the golden serenity of a Tuscan villa to the powdery chaos of a Czech garage without sacrificing thematic confidence or nuanced performances. Read full review

  • 50
    New York Post | V.A. Musetto

    Will Marcela (wonderful Ana Geislerova) opt for brains or brawn? The answer might surprise you. Read full review

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