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The Onion A.V. Club
The film is ultimately more interesting than engaging; Durra doesn't yet have a grasp of the simultaneous warmth and needle-sharp satirical sense that infuse Stillman's films. Full Review
Eric Kohn
indieWIRE
The first-time director's refreshingly credible portrait of a boho character with Middle Eastern origins rectifies the aforementioned canonical gap in a witty, naturalistic generational snapshot. Full Review
Kirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood Reporter
The film is fresh and funny, but it is also meandering, at times vague and defiantly uncommercial. Full Review
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
Godardian title not withstanding, Zeina Durra's not-uninteresting slice of the downtown Manhattan demimonde is too concerned with being cool to work up much in the way of political outrage, much less narrative drive. Full Review
Stephen Holden
The New York Times
If The Imperialists Are Still Alive! doesn't go much of anywhere despite its peripatetic characters, that stasis seems intentional. Full Review
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