Reception
The film was universally panned by critics. It received a "rotten" rating of 5% on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 131 reviews. On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 22 out of 100, based on 33 reviews. Much of the negative reaction stemmed from the movie appearing to vilify the Kranks for their non-conformity, which many agreed was not the appropriate message.
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“He’s leaving Germany by special request of the Nazi government. First he sends a dispatch about Danzig and how 10,000 German tourists are pouring into the city every day with butterfly nets in their hands and submachine guns in their knapsacks. They warn him right then. What does he do next? Goes to a reception at von Ribbentropf’s and keeps yelling for gefilte fish!”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)
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—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
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