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Metascore
24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIt's the rare portrait of a happy marriage that is honest about the complex currents of desire, and the drama is beautifully played by Bale, who gawks with soulful sweetness, and Watson, who does her most piercing work since "Breaking the Waves."
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA satisfying story of love and marriage told with humor and insight.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThere are a lot of movies about escaping from the middle class, but Metroland is one of the few about escaping into it.
- 75San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackA sexy, moody comedy that plays like a dreamy comic novel.
- 70SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinWhile it's true that you can't pack as much psychological detail into a movie as you can into a novel, director Philip Saville and screenwriter Adrian Hodges bring out the yeasty subtext of even the most brittle encounters.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliDirector Philip Saville, working from a script by Adrian Hodges (which, in turn, is based on the novel by Julian Barnes), has crafted a competent, character-based tale, but the issues examined are stale, and Saville is unable to find a way to take the story to a newer, more interesting level
- 63San Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoMetroland is a provocative rumination on how relationships are warped by two people's inability to be truthful with each other.
- 60Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorThis fairly serious meditation on conventionality and monogamy blames his ennui on external forces, remaining adolescent even when it suggests its hero has grown up.
- 50Film ThreatTom MeekFilm ThreatTom MeekThe sexually charged undercurrent of Mertoland promises something dark, disturbing or at least provocative, but as the characters reach their defining moments, it's the plot that yields to the ordinary.