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TopTenREVIEWS presents the movie reviews of Breaking The Waves (1996)

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Breaking The Waves (1996)

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Breaking The Waves (1996) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars Breaking The Waves (1996) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Overall Rating:3.1190
Avg Critic Score:3.0505

Breaking The Waves (1996) Movie Reviews

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Excellent
4
30.30%
(20)
Very Good
3
53.03%
(35)
Good
2
15.15%
(10)
Fair
1
1.52%
(1)
Poor
0
0.00%
(0)

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Breaking The Waves (1996) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert) Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Not many movies like this get made, because not many filmmakers are so bold, angry and defiant. ...read the complete Breaking The Waves movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Breaking The Waves (1996) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers) Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
"Waves" is a spellbinder. ...read the complete Breaking The Waves movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Breaking The Waves (1996) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli) ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
If not for a somewhat forced catharsis during the epilogue (the weakest segment of the movie), Breaking the Waves would have been more wrenching than it is. ...read the complete Breaking The Waves movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Breaking The Waves (1996) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers) Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
No review available ...read the complete Breaking The Waves movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Breaking The Waves (1996) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli) ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
According to writer/director Lars von Trier, Breaking the Waves is "a simple love story", but "simple" hardly begins to describe this deeply disturbing, multi-layered drama. ...read the complete Breaking The Waves movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
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Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
True art is a journey to somewhere you've never been, and there has never been a movie quite like Breaking the Waves....read the complete Breaking The Waves (1996) review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
See all (35) "Very Good" Reviews
Time (Richard Corliss)
In its pagan fervor, this is an almost religious experience....read the complete Breaking The Waves (1996) review at Time (Richard Corliss)
See all (10) "Good" Reviews
Slate (Sarah Kerr)
Audiences are likely to embrace Breaking the Waves as something rare and fierce and innovative, a passport into the depths of passion, but some people will reconsider when they get home....read the complete Breaking The Waves (1996) review at Slate (Sarah Kerr)
See all (1) "Fair" Reviews
Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Although it contains many visually compelling passages and some provocative moments, the movie is strangely banal and simplistic....read the complete Breaking The Waves (1996) review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
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