Private Fears in Public Places
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  1. tomaszw
    Jul 9, 2008
    2
    Very stagey and psychologically incomprehensible. Where did these people come from, where do they live? They may speak French but the city ain't Paris but some outer space for seemingly human strays. A waste of time.

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Metascore
77 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critics

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  1. Positive: 14 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
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  1. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    100
    Alain Resnais' 2006 adaptation of a British play by Alan Ayckbourn is a world apart from his earlier Ayckbourn adaptation, "Smoking/No Smoking"; that film tried to be as "English" as possible. But this time Resnais looks for precise French equivalents to British culture, and what emerges is one of his most personal works, intermittently recalling the melancholy "Muriel" and "Providence."
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    70
    This is a minor film from a master, which is disappointing, but nevertheless it has its charms, most notably in the acting by a cast of stage and screen veterans.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Jay Weissberg
    60
    Despite a perfect cast of Resnais regulars plus the master's own impeccable crafting, the characters fail to grip, and with approximately 50 short scenes, development comes in fits and starts.
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