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76 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 39 Critics What's this?

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8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 47 Ratings

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 39
  3. Negative: 0 out of 39
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    100
    It's a magical film which manages to transport and rivet us in the same highly-imaginitive, breezily playful way "Amelie" did.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ruthe Stein
    100
    Hauntingly tells a story older than the Odyssey and as timely as today's body count from Iraq.
  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    60
    For all of Audrey Tautou's considerable charm in the title role, Jeunet's need for a well-ordered universe proved as suffocating and exhausting as being trapped on an amusement-park ride.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 27
  3. Negative: 1 out of 27
  1. BertiP.
    10
    A compelling film, wonderfully created, showing French cinema at its very best. It seems that some of the "American rewiews" have not understood this productions depth and style.… Expand
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  2. TonyB.
    6
    This is probably as effective an anti-war film as any since "Paths of Glory." However, it would have been an even better work of cinematic art if it had been shorter. Some scenes are repetitive and should have been eliminated; others would have been more effective if they were shorter.… Expand
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  3. ryancarroll88
    6
    The complement of Jeunet's visual style with Tautou's quirky acting will pretty much always give an enchanting product, but in "A Very Long Engagement," the story itself is much too clunky and aloof to stay focused on.… Expand
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