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=== Reception ===
''Europa Europa'' received widespread acclaim from critics. On''Europa [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the filmEuropa'' has aan approval scorerating of 95% on [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 21 reviews, and an average rating of 7.8/10. <ref>{{Citation|title=Europa, Europa|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/europa_europa|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|language=en|access-date=2022-12-12}}</ref> Writing for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', critic Michael Wilmington lauded the film's multi-faceted structure, calling ''Europa Europa'' "a tense [[Thriller film|suspense]] story, an ironic [[Romance film|romance]], and a truly [[black comedy]] — all driving toward a dark crisis of identity".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Wilmington |first=Michael |date=18 February 1992 |title="Europa" at Center of Oscar Storm: Commentary: Debate over why the film won't be a foreign-language nominee reveals inequities of process. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-18-ca-2490-story.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=5 December 2021 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

In a positive review, [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' said it "accomplishes what every film about the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] seeks to achieve: It brings new immediacy to the outrage by locating specific, wrenching details that transcend cliche".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |date=28 June 1991 |title=Reviews/Film; A Boy Confronts His Jewish Heritage as a Hero of Hitler Youth |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/28/movies/reviews-film-a-boy-confronts-his-jewish-heritage-as-a-hero-of-hitler-youth.html |access-date=5 December 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
 
[[Hal Hinson]], of ''[[The Washington Post]]'', praised the direction, saying "Holland isn't a dour moral instructor; she's an [[Ironism|ironist]] with a deft ability to capture the absurd aspects of her material and keep them in balance with the tragic".<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Hinson |first=Hal |author-link=Hal Hinson |date=9 August 1991 |title='Europa Europa' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/europaeuroparhinson_a0a6d7.htm |url-status=live |access-date=5 December 2021 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> Hinson commended the film for its "[awareness] of the toll [Solly's] shape-shifting compromises exacts".<ref name=":1" /> [[Desson Thomson|Desson Howe]], also of ''[[The Washington Post|The Post]]'', was more critical, citing the film's "emotional distance",<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Howe |first=Desson |author-link=Desson Howe |date=9 August 1991 |title='Europa Europa' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/europaeuroparhowe_a0b314.htm |url-status=live |access-date=5 December 2021 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> and, similarly to Maslin, said the film did not fully probe Solly's conscience.<ref name=":2" />
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