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Lilya 4-Ever (2003) Rank 4 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Lilya 4-Ever (2003) a score of 3.0923 out of 4
based on (79) reviews
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Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Light entertainment, this is not. Unforgettable and challenging cinema, it is. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Worth every uncomfortable minute. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
This movie may seem, by plain description, like putting your heart into a garlic press. But it's extraordinarily alive. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Has a Greek-tragic bleakness that rivets audience attention. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for FilmFestivals.com (Moira Sullivan)FilmFestivals.com (Moira Sullivan)
Victorious is this Swedish director who succeeds in playing with dream and reality where fantasy and oblivion are welcome reprieves from harsh daily life. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at FilmFestivals.com (Moira Sullivan)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for E! Online (--)E! Online (--)
It's something that just might stick with you 4-Ever . ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at E! Online (--)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for rec.arts.movies.reviews (Andy Keast)rec.arts.movies.reviews (Andy Keast)
...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at rec.arts.movies.reviews (Andy Keast)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for pulpmovies.com (Paul Pritchard)pulpmovies.com (Paul Pritchard)
...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at pulpmovies.com (Paul Pritchard)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
One of the least happy films I have seen in a while, but also one of the most memorable and moving. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for rec.arts.movies.reviews (Richard A. Zwelling)rec.arts.movies.reviews (Richard A. Zwelling)
...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at rec.arts.movies.reviews (Richard A. Zwelling)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
A haunting and incandescent work of art. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)
An unflinching portrait of brutally wrested-away innocence... an acute and moving downward spiral. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Flipside Movie Emporium (Eric Beltmann)Flipside Movie Emporium (Eric Beltmann)
Its ugliness is easily trumped by Moodysson's abiding compassion and artistic vision -- his strokes only get darker, bolder, and more divine as the film progresses. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Eric Beltmann)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for CountingDown.com (Larry Carroll)CountingDown.com (Larry Carroll)
A bleak, blistering, beautiful treasure of a film that presents wasted life in all its horrific vividness. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at CountingDown.com (Larry Carroll)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 3.64 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)
It's almost too devastating for words, yet never less than compelling and heartbreakingly affecting. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)
I can't think of another good movie this year that's as tough to watch as Moodysson's, but, then, I can't think of very many movies that are as good. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Variety (Gunnar Rehlin)Variety (Gunnar Rehlin)
Hard-hitting, dark and tragic story that rarely lets up. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at Variety (Gunnar Rehlin)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Stephen Holden)The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
The most remarkable achievement of the film is its presentation of Lilya's story as both an archetypal case study and a personal drama whose spunky central character you come to care about so deeply that you want to cry out a warning at each step toward ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for The New Republic (Stanley Kauffmann)The New Republic (Stanley Kauffmann)
It is Akinshina's presence and performance that make the pedestrian story heart-wrenching. She is pretty, responsive, reflective. Without the slightest strain, she convinces us of the beauty and pathos and hope within Lilya. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at The New Republic (Stanley Kauffmann)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Desson Thomson)Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Lilya's struggle to make a life for herself is both heartbreaking and heart-stirring. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
One of the better films –- in any language –- you'll see this year. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
What's remarkable as we watch Lilya's plunge (and the brief, false rays of light that illuminate it) is how real Moodysson makes her plight, how intensely he makes us empathize with Lilya. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
If you're tired of false holiday cheer, Lilya 4-Ever will provide a corrective to the spiritual eggnog force-fed to us all season. The climax takes place during Christmas, though one that would make Tiny Tim grateful for his crutch and cold chimney ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Lukas Moodysson, a young Swedish director, crafts a stunner of a film out of familiar turf. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for New York Post (V.A. Musetto)New York Post (V.A. Musetto)
Lilya is portrayed by Oksana Akinshina, who gives a dynamic, heartbreaking performance... She was wonderful in ["Brothers"], but is even more astonishing in Lilya 4-Ever. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at New York Post (V.A. Musetto)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Gambit Weekly (New Orleans, LA) (David Lee Simmons)Gambit Weekly (New Orleans, LA) (David Lee Simmons)
[T]here remains a question of focus in Moodysson's story ... . ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at Gambit Weekly (New Orleans, LA) (David Lee Simmons)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)
Manipulative and reductive though it may be, it's a film that clearly takes place in the real world. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
It tells a heartbreaking story, one of those tales that need to be told and about which only pain can be felt. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Steve Murray)Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Steve Murray)
A wrenching feel-bad movie graced by a luminous central performance. ...read the complete Lilya 4-Ever movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Steve Murray)
 
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Overall Rating:
3.0900
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Avg Critic Score:
3.0923
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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