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Autumn Tale
Metascore
81 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 26 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    Rohmer elegantly seduces us with people who have all of the alarming unpredictability of life.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    100
    A film which should gratify any audience starved for intelligent dialogue, realistic portrayals of romance and lovely, non-cliched open-air photography.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    100
    They talk and talk, and somehow it's delightful.
  4. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    100
    Few, if any, films this year will approach, let alone equal, Autumn Tale in its subtle sparkle.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    100
    Rohmer treasures the undervalued glories of discourse and the intimacy of conversation over the obviousness of action or sexual display.
  6. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    91
    The acting is so persuasive as to be transparent.
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  7. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    90
    Droll and delicious.
  8. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    90
    A movie that dares you to slow down and enjoy the subtleties of life.
  9. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    88
    With deft and subtle performances and an uncomplicated but savvy script, Autumn Tale gets to the inner lives of its characters.
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  10. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    80
    If the carefully planted romantic intrigue is serenely slow to ripen, the process is never less than intriguing.
  11. Film.com
    Reviewed by: John Hartl
    80
    Typically low-key and lovely.
  12. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Tom Keogh
    80
    Rohmer's trademark dialogue...is as poetic in its plainness as ever.
  13. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    80
    As sublimely warming an experience as the autumn sun that shines benevolently on the vineyard owned by the film's central character.
  14. Newsweek
    Reviewed by: David Ansen
    80
    Will be remembered as a vintage Rohmer harvest.
  15. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    78
    The summer's best cinematic equivalent to a lazy afternoon in the shade with a cool drink.
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  16. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Phoebe Flowers
    75
    Somewhat lumbering but ultimately rewarding plot.
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  17. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    75
    One of Rohmer's more engaging slices of life. The acting is impeccable.
  18. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    75
    It's the talk...and the extraordinarily expressive faces of those who do the talking, that accounts for its engrossing, enchanting powers.
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  19. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    75
    An almost documentary reality and voyeuristic appeal.
  20. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Bill Gallo
    70
    Exceptionally smart and charming.
  21. Variety
    Reviewed by: Lisa Nesselson
    70
    A typically deftly layered meditation on men, women, friendship and the prospect of romance.
  22. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    70
    The last and best of his "Tales of the Four Seasons."
  23. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    67
    A quietly interesting but unusually perceptive story about love and relationships.
  24. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Rod Dreher
    63
    Somnolent, draggy but occasionally warm-hearted.
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  25. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Sandra Contreras
    60
    (Rohmer's) simple script and methods capture a sense of place and character that eludes far more conspicuously stylish directors.
  26. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    60
    Remind(s) us of the power of good old-fashioned character-driven movies.
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