Some critics praise the film's mordant political humor, but mostly received negative reviews.

An intense, volatile film full of sorrow and wild, mordant humor.

One could find a mordant humor in the lack of forethought, the missed opportunities.

"Viktor" was often quite intense, but it also contained mordant humor.

Rory seemed to have regained his usual mordant good humor.

At least both of them still worked, she thought, but her mordant humor vanished as Mayhew went on.

The two soldiers even found mordant humor in their ordeal.

No wonder Sally handles her problem with mordant humor.

His reaction to Danny's condition is tinged with mordant humor.

But, he said, with mordant humor, "the drug dealers kept another pernicious class of people out - developers."