DVD Talk (D.K. Holm)

Now that it is here again the film comes across like another one of those quasi-arty American financed films with an all European cast. ...read the complete Unbearable Lightness of Being, The review at DVD Talk (D.K. Holm)

UpcomingDiscs.com (David Annandale)

Tom Berenger plays Andras Vayda, a young man growing up in post-war Hungary. He isboth precociously sexual and completely at sea with girls his own age, and at 16 becomes thelover of Karen Black. ...read the complete Unbearable Lightness of Being, The review at UpcomingDiscs.com (David Annandale)

DVD Town (Yunda Eddie Feng)

"The Unbearable Lightness of Being" was released in American theatres in 1988 by the now-defunct Orion Pictures. ...read the complete Unbearable Lightness of Being, The review at DVD Town (Yunda Eddie Feng)

DVD MovieGuide

Director Philip Kaufman achieves a delicate, erotic balance with his screen version of Milan Kundera's "unfilmable" novel. ...read the complete Unbearable Lightness of Being, The review at DVD MovieGuide

DVD Verdict (Sean McGinnis)

Tomas has a relationship with an independent artist named Sabina that is sensual and erotic. She knows what makes him tick and accepts him for what he is, emotional warts and all. ...read the complete Unbearable Lightness of Being, The review at DVD Verdict (Sean McGinnis)

DVD Verdict (Brendan Babish)

Two notes on this: the first is that while most American women shave their underarms, my guess is that this was probably not much of a priority among virginal Eastern Europeans girls in 1960s Czechoslovakia. ...read the complete Unbearable Lightness of Being, The review at DVD Verdict (Brendan Babish)

Reel.com DVD review (Pam Grady)

At its center, for all of its eroticism, The Unbearable Lightness of Being feels rather chilly. ...read the complete Unbearable Lightness of Being, The review at Reel.com DVD review (Pam Grady)

Washington Post (Desson Howe)

Certainly, most people want to judge the film "Unbearable" on its own terms, regardless of the book. But without the book's help, Kaufman and Carrie`re seem to keep Kundera's philosophy to themselves. ...read the complete Unbearable Lightness of Being, The review at Washington Post (Desson Howe)

Chainsaw Fodder

What we're left with is a sad, exuberant, joyous and intoxicatingly poetic film that cannot be missed. It also contains the best and most satisfying ending in any film I've ever seen. ...read the complete Unbearable Lightness of Being, The review at Chainsaw Fodder

filmcritic.com bears the Unbearable

When I first watched The Unbearable Lightness of Being, I was dating a poet who had read and loved the book. ...read the complete Unbearable Lightness of Being, The review at filmcritic.com bears the Unbearable

Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being begins playfully and proceeds to take us on a fascinating almost-three-hour-long emotional roller coaster ride. ...read the complete Unbearable Lightness of Being, The review at Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)