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Le jour avant le lendemain
  • Release Date: Dec 2, 2009
Metascore
74 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Alissa Simon
    100
    A profound, elemental and hauntingly beautiful period drama that makes an intimate story of endurance into a metaphor for an entire culture.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    83
    As the movie's title implies, everything is about to change for these two. These are the last happy days before destructive modernity encroaches.
  3. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Charles Martin
    80
    It's a historical slice of life that not even most Canadians get to see, never mind the rest of the world, yet the tale is told more with emotion than words, and the language barrier melts away like the snow in spring.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Andrew Schenker
    70
    But if the movie's documentary function tends to trump its narrative one, the directors nevertheless manage to locate great reserves of sadness in the material, tapping a particularly rich vein in the wrinkled look of resignation on actress/co-director Ivalu's face.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    70
    Frustratingly sketchy partly because it is not finally a survival tale but a mystical evocation of the power of Inuit mythology, and how the passing down of ancient wisdom can sustain the human spirit in the direst circumstances. But the unanswered questions still nag.
  6. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Joshua Rothkopf
    60
    The problem here, though, is that the movie often feels fat instead of lean. A terribly purple folk score by Kate and Anna McGarrigle hypes the spiritual aspects of the Inuit way of life; you'll die laughing on the tundra.
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