Hello! movie speaks about identity, ancestry, nationalism, patriotism, teenage stupidity, how the past keeps repeating itself and the universal hatred of blackness

Im not sure what I was expecting, but I expected more than TV-quality writing, acting, and production values. The longest 2 hours Ive spent on a movie that could not avoid cliche if it tried.

The romantic relationship with the “good Nazi” is a little too glib (quite as it was in the film version of Suite Française) and the camp scenes have a misjudged sheen of romanticism and come perilously close to the bad-taste border. But Stenberg’s performance is good.

Peter Bradshaw

The Guardian

The stridently theatricalized violence is horrific only because it’s so abjectly manipulative. By the end of the movie, my jaw felt unhinged from dropping so often.

Glenn Kenny

The New York Times

Asante usually excels at sharing stories audiences haven’t seen before, so it’s unfortunate that this one feels so dully familiar.

Kimber Myers

Los Angeles Times