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Russian Dolls
IFC First Take
FILM:
MPAA 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.
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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Foreign
|
Romance
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Cédric Klapisch
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Cédric Klapisch
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: September 26, 2006
Theatrical: May 10, 2006
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| RUNNING TIME: |
128 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
France / UK |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
French (with English subtitles) |
Original title "Les Poupées Russes"; Best Supporting Actress (De France), 2006 César Awards

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
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.

100
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Russian Dolls captures how being a sexual cad has become an essential phase in the life of the modern male.

91
Portland Oregonian
M. E. Russell
A bright, sexy, globe-trotting and very French romantic comedy.

91
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.

75
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
The film isn't especially deep, but it's mostly delightful.

75
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.

75
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.

75
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.

70
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.

70
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.

70
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Fluffily enjoyable.

70
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.

70
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
Precisely observed, charming and - for better and worse - light as air.

70
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.

70
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Another highly entertaining portrait of attractive young Europeans looking for personal and professional fulfillment amidst gorgeous locations.

63
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.

63
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Meandering, overlong digital soap opera.

63
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.

60
Empire
David Parkinson
For all its self-conscious pizzazz, this is irresistibly entertaining.

60
Village Voice
Bill Gallo
Those who loved the original Auberge will likely be eager to book rooms once again.

58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
For all its pronouncements, it's a frothy romantic lark.

50
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.

50
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."

50
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.


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