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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Village VoiceMichael NordineVillage VoiceMichael NordineXenia has a winning streak of oddness.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThere’s a decidedly campy side to the proceedings that Koutras effectively juxtaposes with the hard-edged realities of contemporary Greece, a beautiful but hostile nation wrecked by the ongoing economic crisis and a place in which xenophobia, racism and homophobia seem to fester freely.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenXenia has been called a farce. But it is much more than that. Both the story and the performances are packed with raw emotion.
- 63Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneIt leaves room for a few flights of fancy where the lack of verisimilitude feels less like screenplay filler and more like unabashed poetic license.
- 50Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiLos Angeles TimesMartin TsaiKoutras admirably resists easy wish fulfillment by making the brothers' journey more important than their destination, but the scenario he presents inexplicably turns out to be fantasy.