A good-looking but slim confection that's short on the multi-characterisation and sense of entwined destinies that mark the great Lelouch sagas.
– Derek Elley,
Variety,
15 Jan 2008
fresh:
According to common usage, the French word stupide comes closer to silly than to dumb, which is how I might rationalize my affection for this harebrained, obvious, but euphoric tale.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
15 Jan 2008
fresh:
You'll either like this soaringly daft confection, even as it aggravates you with its self-absorption, or you won't. I did.
– Mary Brennan,
Seattle Times,
29 Aug 2003
rotten:
The movie is overcrowded with ideas, any one of which might have made a fun premise. Put them all together and the result is just plain silly.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
29 Aug 2003
fresh:
A beautifully crafted meditation on memory, fate, coincidence and yearning.