| Original Score: B- | Sep 7, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 2, 2004

The movie is history as kitsch, not quite on the Life is Beautiful level of manipulation, but clumsy.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 19, 2002

As director, Vilsmaier again has a firm grip on tone and pace.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

The story of the Comedian Harmonists, who brought to the waning days of Weimar a bubbly frivolity, is a rich one. Rich enough to keep you watching and wanting to know more.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

A glorious surprise.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 1, 2000

A true story from the Nazi era, it deftly fuses politics and show business.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Mildly engrossing but, ultimately, the sort of film that demands more attention than it should, The Harmonists resonates with barely a dull thud.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Performances aside, the movie is dull and perfunctory.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Given the suffering created by the Nazis, the fate of the Harmonists ranks low on the scale. But as one of the countless little stories that add up to the plague of Nazism, they deserve an entry in the chronicle of despair.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

The film is filled with stylish renditions of lively, funny and sentimental songs.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: B- | Feb 13, 1999