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66 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    90
    A beautiful film that flows with a luminous ease and assurance.
  2. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    83
    A delight, a vigorous, vibrant romantic comedy that mines emotional desperation and frustration for all its comic potential, but never at the expense of its temperamental heroine.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Amy Taubin
    80
    Takes its shape from (Viard's) performance, which is as big as life.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    80
    But most of the movie's notes are appallingly right.
  5. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    75
    Viard plays one of the most intriguing female characters in recent film from either side of the Atlantic.
  6. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    75
    It's fascinating.
  7. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Fred Camper
    70
    Effective portrait of an independent woman with a troubled and unstable sense of herself.
  8. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    63
    Unpretentious and often witty, it's emotional punch is weakened by spotty performances, especially from Karin Viard in the lead role.
  9. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    63
    Things stay standard-issue French self-analytical from here.
  10. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    60
    Corsini's insight into the psyche of this contemporary woman doesn't have much of a point because it tells us nothing new.
  11. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    Viard's energetic acting is the French production's most memorable asset.
  12. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    40
    Camille's desperate, destructive antics just don't seem especially cute or funny.
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