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Russian Dolls
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 24 critic reviews
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Based on 6 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Foreign | Romance
Written by: Cédric Klapisch
Directed by: Cédric Klapisch
Release Date:
Theatrical: May 10, 2006
DVD: September 26, 2006
Running Time: 128 minutes, Color
Origin: France / UK
Language(s): French (with English subtitles)
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Romain Duris, Kelly Reilly, Audrey Tautou, Cécile De France, Kevin Bishop, Evguenya Obraztsova, Irene Montalà, and Gary Love
In this sequel to "L'Auberge Espagnole," a French writer (Duris) finds his life is once again being turned sideways by his footloose European friends.
What The Critics Said
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New York Post Kyle Smith
Russian Dolls is itself a delightful mini-trip to Europe. Its overly cute bits are like cinematic tourist traps, but it's the beauty that stays with you.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Russian Dolls captures how being a sexual cad has become an essential phase in the life of the modern male.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell
A bright, sexy, globe-trotting and very French romantic comedy.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
Russian Dolls never resorts to sitcom moments as it explores the transformation of friendship into love. All the characters here are believably appealing and refreshingly three-dimensional, and the situations they find themselves in have the ring of truth. You leave this film wanting to know these people, wanting the best for them.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
Russian Dolls isn't quite the gem that its precursor was. It rambles. It's less of an ensemble effort. There's more of Xavier's moping self-centeredness. But Duris is terrific as the confused cusp-of-30 protagonist, and the rest of the cast is bright and beaming.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray
These characters are still rich, and their potential growth still compelling. Here's hoping we meet them again in another five years.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Klapisch's use of split screens, fragmented images and nouvelle vague-ish editing would be annoying if it weren't so in keeping with the youthful exuberance his characters haven't quite lost.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
As long as Klapisch keeps his characters pinballing each other from one Euro-capital to the next, Russian Dolls remains fun and charming, without ever seeming remotely serious or meaningful.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
Klapisch self-consciously throws fistfuls of quirky film style at us, as if he were Francois Truffaut, but his characters are still interesting and his party sequences are especially good.
Read Full Review >The New Yorker David Denby
Russian Dolls offers touristic views of London, Paris, and St. Petersburg, where Wendy and Xavier both go for the wedding of another former roommate, and many pretty faces and bodies; it's froth with a sprinkling of earnest reflection.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Ella Taylor
Precisely observed, charming and - for better and worse - light as air.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Carina Chocano
Charming and antic, Russian Dolls doesn't quite cohere in the way of "L'Auberge Espagnole" into a clever snapshot of contemporary Europe.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
Another highly entertaining portrait of attractive young Europeans looking for personal and professional fulfillment amidst gorgeous locations.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
Russian Dolls, like "L'Auberge," has an excellent cast (mostly the same one, in fact) and an impish style and speed that gives it more obvious audience appeal than the average French film.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Marta Barber
The cast of renegades is as appealing as ever, and you'd only wish that the fictional folks of "Friends" or the cast of "Real World" were so free and nonjudgmental.
Read Full Review >Empire David Parkinson
For all its self-conscious pizzazz, this is irresistibly entertaining.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Bill Gallo
Those who loved the original Auberge will likely be eager to book rooms once again.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
For all its pronouncements, it's a frothy romantic lark.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
The smarter way to make this movie would have been to edit out everything extraneous to the story of Xavier and Wendy. They're the soul and heart of the movie, while everything else is pretty much dead weight.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
The shallowness of this idealized depiction of European cultural homogeneity is largely camouflaged by the comfortable fit of its director's sensibility with the actors' likable, lived-in performances. An apt alternative title for Russian Dolls might be "Lovers Without Borders."
Read Full Review >Variety Lisa Nesselson
Viewers who thought the protags were superficial and annoying first time around will find little to change their minds here, but original pictures fans will probably embrace the now-scattered group's marginally more mature dilemmas centered on work and romance.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jaime C gave it a1:
Dreadful. The main character is hateful and empathy with anyone in the film is impossible. The director/screenwriters seem not to care what the audience thinks. Perhaps ironically the protagonist tries to avoid cliches while all along the whole film is one overwhelming cliche. About half way through you stop caring whether the ending will be happy or sad, you just hope that it will be soon.
JM H gave it a9:
A tad long, but if you loved L'auberge espagnole you will love Russian Dolls.
Mike F. gave it a10:
if you enjoyed L'Auberge Espangole, you will love this. Best movie I have seen this Eternal Sunshine... love story that never gets sappy. Duris and Reilly give tremendous performances, and there's moreTatau than the 1st go around.
Mikey G. gave it a9:
It's filmed in a very interesting way, the characters make you care about them, and there are some damn good looking women in this movie! It speaks to every person struggling to succeed in love and career. Or even struggling to define what success in those areas really means. Great movie!
Jay W. gave it a6:
A sometimes amusing film that screams "I'm hip!".
