63
Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 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.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe film is fresh and funny, but it is also meandering, at times vague and defiantly uncommercial.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenIf The Imperialists Are Still Alive! doesn't go much of anywhere despite its peripatetic characters, that stasis seems intentional.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickGodardian 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.