This handsome, moving and romantic German drama is so well made and features such strong, funny and heartbreaking performances, that its sorrowful tone is tempered with consolation.
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11/07/03
Gloomy Sunday (2003)
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Reviews Counted:64
Fresh:54
Rotten:10
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: Gloomy Sunday is beautiful, well-acted, and every bit as downcast as its title.
Theatrical Release:Nov 7, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $223,827
Synopsis: Set in pre-World War II Budapest, GLOOMY SUNDAY is a romantic melodrama that evokes the haunting melody of the same name, fabled to have caused over one hundred suicides in the 1930s. Before the... [More]
Starring: Joachim Krol, Stefano Dionisi, Ben Becker, Erica Marozsan
Director: Rolf Schubel
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05/13/05
Director/co-writer Rölf Schöbel's tight, philosophically sound narrative shows the essential relation of nationalist offenses to personal demons like lust, envy and blind resentment.
02/19/04
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04/17/04
It does come pretty close to being as good a time as you could conceivably have at a movie that deals with this kind of material.
11/07/03
This sounds like a gloomy subject with gloomy music, but it's not a gloomy movie. It's engaging and has a very satisfying ending.
12/12/03
With the Hungarian song "Gloomy Sunday" as its thematic centerpiece, this personalized story of Budapest during World War II becomes a satisfying romantic drama about four divergently different people.
05/13/09
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11/06/03
Its strong suit is that it's a richly woven war drama that also tells a fascinating romantic story.
10/22/03
An old-fashioned love-in-time-of-war melodrama such as one seldom sees anymore and which the film makes us lament.
10/31/03
ou'll have to amble through Gloomy Sunday's less than remarkable, albeit haunting, first half (but it) swells up to a fitting bookend and zinger of a finish.
12/27/03
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11/14/03
Great performances and tight filmmaking help you stick around for the ride.
11/11/03
It's a film worth seeking out, a good fit for a rainy Saturday or any other less-than-bright day of the week.
04/18/05
A wonderfully entertaining, old-fashioned melodrama of love and war.
12/29/03
Gloomy Sunday is a well-acted German drama about love, death and the grace moments that make life worth the wear of living.
11/06/03
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11/09/03
Its old-fashioned romanticism is heady, and the relationships among the characters are intriguing.
02/20/04
A story of love, lust, betrayal, friendship, the power of music and greed. How much better can it get?
12/13/03
A romantic melodrama that spells doom in the most delicious fashion.
12/09/03
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