Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
Metascore
84 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 10 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    Dec 12, 2010
    100
    Damien Chazelle's extraordinary black-and-white retro dream of a feature debut.
  2. NPR
    Reviewed by: Ian Buckwalter
    Dec 12, 2010
    91
    If John Cassavetes had directed a jazz musical by Jacques Demy, it might have looked something like this.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    Dec 12, 2010
    90
    Guy and Madeline is at once self-conscious and breezy, clumsy and deft, diffident and sweet, annoying and ecstatic. It's amateurish in the best sense, and it radiates cinephilia. No movie I've seen this year has given me more joy.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    Dec 12, 2010
    90
    Visually distinctive and aurally delightful, "Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench" has style to burn. A soulful black-and-white commentary on love, art and their competing demands, this Boston-based musical from Damien Chazelle floats on a wave of spontaneity and charm.
  5. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Stephen Cole
    Dec 7, 2010
    88
    Guy and Madeline is a decidedly modern film, whose frightened, impulsive, charming characters could walk into our lives tomorrow.

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  1. kimchi
    1
    This film does not display the level of thought, planning, and meaningful execution that it rather painfully reaches for. Having seen films that create very successful raw and realistic depictions of human relationships, this film's blatant, aching attemps render as weak , forced and misguided. The whole film reads as a premature stride towards a 'genius' work, and in falling short the film seems wobbly and underthought. The 'artistic' elements are tacked onto to an unstable, meandering, and inconclusive plot. The seemingly unnecessary black-and-white filming, shots taken from behind blurry heads and laughably awkward song-and-dance numbers add to a cringe-factor that had the audience giggling anxiously rather than in enjoyment. Truly can't understand the high ratings, especially from sources I usually trust.… Full Review »
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