By MICHAEL SMITH "4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days" is a most remarkable film that takes on a firebrand subject - abortion - and presents it with a rare soulsearching humanity and honesty.

By Brandon Fibbs, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Mar. 21--Coming hard on the heels of last year's heralded "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu," the mesmerizing "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" represents another outstanding offering from Romania, a country in the throes of a cinematic renaissance.

By Craig D. Lindsey, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Mar.

By Phil Villarreal, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Mar. 13--Whether or not you see abortion as a woman's right to govern her own body or outright murder, criminalizing the practice doesn't make it go away. It only drives frazzled women to desperate, dangerous lengths.

By LAUREL GLADDEN 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, drama, not rated, in Romanian with subtitles, The Screen, 473-6494, 4 chiles The reputation of writer-director Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days precedes it.