The year: 1946. The place: U.S. Displaced Persons Camp, Frankfurt, Germany. The genre: Comedy. Really, and it's enjoyable and rich with ironic humor and dark undertones.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jul 22, 2018

Lovingly crafted, if sometimes overly contrived.

| Jun 29, 2018

Just substitute Syria or Somalia for Germany and suddenly Garbarski's tale of broken people trying to pick themselves up off the mat speaks with immediacy and urgency.

| Original Score: B | May 19, 2018

Bye Bye Germany [is] a movie that pulls off the near-impossible hat trick of combining light comedy, romance and the Holocaust.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 18, 2018

It meanders sometimes, and some of its jokes are almost certainly funnier in the original language. But it is rare to see comedy entertainment this ambitious, or keenly aware of history. That Garbarski pulls it off is an achievement unto itself.

| May 17, 2018

Garbarski digs into an important moment in history, isolating unexpected emotions and defense mechanisms.

| Original Score: B | May 17, 2018

The dodges of the salesmen, who are selling to Germans who previously ignored their extermination, suggests Barry Levinson's Tin Men, and there's a dyspeptic comic lining to how these men focus on business.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 14, 2018

Being a story of con men and the unreliability of memory, it's also the best German-language film Joel and Ethan Coen never made.

| May 3, 2018

"Bye Bye Germany," a refreshingly original, unpredictable tale about Jews trying to scam their way out of postwar Europe, is part caper, part Holocaust drama, part buddy movie, part romance, and part melancholic comedy.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 2, 2018

Though the film might ultimately be a little too neat, that shortcoming is made up for by the core performances.

| Apr 26, 2018

Bittersweet and picaresque, it's not your usual Holocaust-inspired drama.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Apr 26, 2018

Focuses on Moritz Bleibtrue's humorous and often poignant performance as a survivor.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 22, 2018

The film doesn't fully carry the weight that director/writer Sam Garbarski and co-writer Michel Bergmann seem to be aiming for. The characters appear to grapple with emotional issues, but the film doesn't delve very deeply into them.

| Original Score: 5.5/10 | Apr 16, 2018

Not your typical Holocaust-inspired drama.

| Apr 12, 2018

As a pretty American Jewish lawyer investigates, the tale turns dark - but never hopeless.

| Original Score: A | Apr 5, 2018

Grappling with the hurtful past while finding pleasures in the present always remains a bittersweet affair.

| Dec 14, 2017

Interesting and elegant reflection on the limits of home and humor. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 8, 2017

Bye Bye Germany takes an old-fashioned approach to period colour, evoking a 1946 Frankfurt still devastated by Allied bombing and war shortages.

| Oct 25, 2017

Decent performances and good intentions can't compensate for a sense of airlessness, reinforced by the kind of ersatz period detailing that makes this costume drama feel so very costume-y.

| Oct 25, 2017

[Bye Bye Germany] tells an unusual story with gusto, enlivened by an enjoyable performance from Moritz Bleibtreu.

| Oct 25, 2017