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  1. ChadS.
    Jan 20, 2002
    8
    Such winning performances by everybody in the principal cast ably compensates for a screenplay that would be exposed as perfunctory with lesser actors. At long last, I got to see Emmanuelle Beart on a big screen, albeit in a minor movie. But what a charming minor movie this is. "La Buche" has a lot of vitality, mostly the comic sort but there are some poignant moments too. Too bad things get so episodic towards the end. … Expand
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Metascore
66 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critics

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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    50
    Engaging in a soap operatic, rather glib way.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Edward Guthmann
    50
    Sweet and insubstantial -- just like the French Christmas cake for which it's named.
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  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    60
    Sweet but slight pièce de fluff.
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