46
Metascore
11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirRoehler mixes cheap sex humor, existential darkness, buffoonish satire and profound tenderness in almost classic proportions. Maybe this is too uneven to be a masterpiece, but it's somewhere close.
- 63New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanRoehler aims scattershot barbs at so many targets, from political hypocrisy to suburban entitlement, that he often misses. But whenever he takes the time to line up his toxic arrows, usually with the help of a compellingly squirmy Bleibtreu, he hits the bull's-eye.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonIt's a slick, ambitious movie that doesn't always nail all the many moods and themes it's after.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumWriter-director Oskar Roehler spends all his energy on cataloging ''outrageous'' behavior, and none on giving the transgressions any meaning.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe results isn't especially engaging, despite a quietly charismatic performance by Weiss, a relative newcomer who holds his own against far more experienced actors.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoDysfunctional families don't come much more messed up than the one in Agnes and His Brothers, a comic drama from Germany.
- 42The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayOskar Roehler's serio-comedy Agnes And His Brothers tries to make some incisive points about the damage wrought by society's sexual hang-ups, but though Roehler throws three different characters at the subject, only one halfway sticks.
- 40The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAside from appreciating the movie's sturdy performances, my reaction to this satire of the middle-class, all-German family swung from revulsion to mystification.
- 20Village VoiceDennis LimVillage VoiceDennis LimThe title's pointedly incorrect pronoun is typical of the film's obtuse childishness.