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64 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    88
    This magnificent pair are the heart of Techine's film, and the sense of frayed, aging beauty and handsomeness they now carry helps project the picture's main theme: the imperishability of true love.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    80
    In Changing Times, Mr. Téchiné, the great French director, is near the peak of his form. Weaving a half dozen subplots, he creates a set of variations on the theme of divided sensibilities tugging one another into states of perpetual unrest and possible happiness.
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    80
    Volatile and sometimes daring performances by Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Gilbert Melki, Malik Zidi, and Lubna Azabal (as twins) contribute to the highly charged and novelistic experience.
  4. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    75
    Another gorgeous and immensely satisfying reminder that there are few better directors than Téchiné when it comes to capturing the vagaries of the heart.
  5. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    70
    A thoughtful and reflective love story about the impact of time on true love.
  6. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    70
    Full of last-minute surprises, this willfully slippery movie seems to make the case both for mixing it up and sticking to your own kind. Which is all of a piece with the sensibility of this wonderfully ambiguous filmmaker, a visionary of our changing times.
  7. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    70
    Despite its weaknesses, Changing Times ("Les Temps Qui Changent" in French) is always watchable and even poignant from time to time. What it is never going to be is the grand passion of anyone's moviegoing life.
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: Lisa Nesselson
    70
    A Cathererine Deneuve-Gerard Depardieu vehicle that leaves ample room for interesting supporting characters, this moody, more-bitter-than-sweet ode to anxiety is intense adult fare reinforced by effective no frills lensing.
  9. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    67
    There's something uniquely pleasurable about watching a director in total command of his craft, even when that craft is in service of a scattershot melodrama with pale intimations of social relevance.
  10. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    63
    There isn't a flicker of chemistry between these old pros in Andre Techine's peculiar melodrama.
  11. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    63
    While incontrovertibly light compared to contemporary master of melodrama Andre Techine's best work, this 2005 romance is best enjoyed as the welcome reunion of two of French cinema's most beloved stars.
  12. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    50
    It's always enjoyable watching Depardieu and Deneuve, but they deserve better material than they've been given by Techine.
  13. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    50
    Techine doesn't have much of a story to tell, so instead of moving the narrative forward, he expands it laterally.
  14. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    50
    Strangely inert drama.
  15. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    50
    It's kind of a mess. An agreeable, even lovable mess, but still a mess.
  16. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    50
    If the title, knee-jerk cast, pop-song intro, and schmaltzy plotline of his new film Changing Times is any indication, he's (André Téchiné) now the French mainstream, the premier Gallic pilot of high-toned soap opera.
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8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. LixyP.
    9
    Techine is a masterful director of actors, excelling in making you care about all the characters and their lives (the least interesting being the central plot, and Depardieu's character). Remarkably satfisying, even though--or because?-- the stories are left open-ended.… Full Review »
  2. [Anonymous]
    9
    Truly a gem! It's indecisive and free. Very enjoyable film.
  3. AlexisD.
    9
    Swirlling and human film. It's charged and moving. I loved it. Nice to see Deneuve and Depardieu together again. Téchiné is brilliant.… Full Review »
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