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 "The tonal shifts are jolting, and though Wen’s messages are profound and thoughtfully delivered, more thorough transitions would have made the film more cohesive."
-- Phil Villarreal, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
"The farcical elements seemed too pat and familiar to hold my interest, yet its diverting grim message is a good one."
-- Dennis Schwartz, OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS
"Rich in shadowy metaphor and as sharp as a samurai sword, Jiang Wen's Devils on the Doorstep is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of Joseph Heller or Kurt Vonnegut."
-- Joe McGovern, PREMIERE MAGAZINE
"This boisterous comedy serves up a cruel reminder of the fate of hundreds of thousands of Chinese, one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy."
-- Ken Fox, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
-- Click to read the article.
-- IOFILM.CO.UK
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"A wild ride that effortlessly combines devilish dark humor, slapstick comedy, extreme violence and bitter satire."
-- V.A. Musetto, NEW YORK POST
"Shot in rich, shadowy black-and-white, Devils chronicles, with increasingly amused irony, the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives."
-- Dennis Lim, VILLAGE VOICE
"In its dry and forceful way, it delivers the same message as Jiri Menzel's Closely Watched Trains and Danis Tanovic's No Man's Land."
-- Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES
 "There's a gem of an idea lurking inside this movie, but the film is burdened with an overwrought and static first hour and wild tonal fluctuation."
-- HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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