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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertI can imagine it as a sex comedy, as a romance, as a bittersweet exploration of lonely people. Schleppi has a little of all three elements at work here, but it's Tim Blake Nelson's character who keeps the plot from spinning out of control.
- 63Chicago TribuneRobert K. ElderChicago TribuneRobert K. ElderA Foreign Affair's flaws make it even more of an enigma, as graceless as it is endearing.
- 60Film ThreatMerle BertrandFilm ThreatMerle BertrandFor nothing but pure goofy escapism, A Foreign Affair is at least worth a fling.
- 60VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasAn odd concoction: an English-language movie made by Dutch filmmakers working with an American cast on location in Russia and Mexico. That strangeness, combined with sharp casting and affectionate performances, is a big part of "Affair's" charm.
- 50L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertL.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertThe photography is clear and colorful, the acting just fine, and the pace steady. However, the wan script by Geert Heetebrij imbues the brothers with so little personality that their respective transformations -- pack no emotional punch.
- Neither funny enough to be a comedy nor serious enough to pass for drama, and it ambles along aimlessly before grinding to an unconvincing halt.
- 40Chicago ReaderHank SartinChicago ReaderHank SartinThere are a few witty touches (POV shots given to the urn holding the mother's ashes) but the mood swings erratically and ineffectively from deadpan drollery to heartfelt romance.