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83 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 20 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    The story of herself (Varda), a woman whose life has consisted of moving through the world with the tools of her trade, finding what is worth treasuring.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    100
    Of all the movies I've seen in the past several years, this is one of the ones I love the most.
  3. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    A fascinating nonfiction voyage into rural and urban France, focusing on idiosyncratic individuals who live off things the rest of us throw away, from food to furniture.
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    91
    Feels delightfully organic, eccentrically rambling, the found artistic collage of a woman who herself loves to collect.
  5. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Peter Brunette
    90
    It's a superb example of the genre of the self-expressive documentary.
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  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    90
    She (Varda) plucks images and stories from the world around her, finding beauty and nourishment in lives and activities the world prefers to ignore.
  7. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Meredith Brody
    90
    Beautiful, absorbing, and touching, this film is a mind-expanding experience not to be missed.
  8. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    88
    At once guileless and profound.
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  9. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    88
    Varda's charmingly eccentric amble, wise in its seeming waywardness.
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  10. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    83
    Varda sees herself as a gleaner as she searches for the people and cultural activities missed by the rest of the media.
  11. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    80
    A delicacy for mature filmgoers who are able to derive as much pleasure from a perfectly, sympathetically crafted essay as from a well-spun yarn.
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  12. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    80
    There's a timelessness, an immanence to what she (Varda) shows us.
  13. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    80
    It's both surreal -- and wholly accessible.
  14. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Amy Taubin
    80
    Eccentric and thoroughly winning.
  15. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    Captivating new documentary, The Gleaners and I, is charged with the pleasure of discovery.
  16. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Edward Guthmann
    75
    Varda's subject matter is surprisingly rich, but it's her own energetic, curious nature that gives the film its snap.
  17. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    70
    It's a humbling way of life, and one that, as Varda discovers in this wonderful, 80-minute essay, has survived in surprising ways.
  18. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    70
    Something of an odd bird, a cross between a documentary, an art film and a personal reflection on aging.
  19. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: Andy Klein
    70
    Varda, still pixieish in her early 70s, is having fun here.
  20. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    63
    Varda injects her sprightly personality into the film, a seasoning that sometimes overwhelms the stew.
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