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A superbly shot film of emotional extravagance, sentimentality and even humor, House of Fools is a film that is ultimately quite moving but which probably could only have been pulled off by a director steeped in that famous Russian soul.Full Review

Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times

The thing is, it works. Or at least it works for me. I left the theater convinced that House of Fools is Konchalovsky's best work in almost 20 years (which it is) and that it might be something close to a masterpiece.Full Review

Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com

The masterstroke is the use of Bryan Adams, who seems like a joke when he first appears (the movie knows this), but is used by Konchalovsky in such a way that eventually be becomes the embodiment of the ability to imagine and dream--an ability, the movie implies, that's the only thing keeping these crazy people sane.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

This flamboyantly operatic anti-war film takes getting used to, though it leaves you with memorable images of madness, both poetic and military.Full Review

Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal

The biggest surprise of his film is that what begins in sentimental cliche concludes with melancholy insight.Full Review

Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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