The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (re-released)
Metascore
86 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    100
    A heartfelt, passionate, tragic musical suite made up of these formulas, which the film both celebrates and wryly examines to discover their inner logic: how they actually work, what they do and don't do.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    90
    The Umbrellas of Cherbourg has stood the test of time as beautifully as Deneuve and seems likely to enchant future generations as fully as it has audiences over the past four decades.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    90
    Demy, his cinematographer Jean Rabier and production designer Bernard Evein created an operatic masterpiece of romanticism, which makes a modest but effective antidote to the harsh era of cynicism that has pervaded world cinema ever since.
  4. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hal Hinson
    90
    A glorious romantic confection unlike any other in movie history.
  5. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    A surprisingly effective film, touching and knowing and, like Deneuve, ageless.
  6. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    88
    Although most movies favor passion and true love, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg shows that another less demanding, more subtle kind of love has its own appeal.
  7. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    70
    By inflating the life of a common shop girl into a musical spectacle, Demy succeeds in turning a tedious existence into a fantasy, yet he and cinematographer Jean Rabier and art director Bernard Evein do so without creating a false world. [review of original release]
  8. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jessica Winter
    70
    The wonderful-terrible dervish of Umbrellas reaches peak abandon, worthy of Vincente Minnelli, when Geneviève sobs out a plaint for Guy as a carnival whirls outside the shop.
  9. Variety
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    70
    It takes nerve to make a pic in which all dialog is sung. Also, there is no dancing and this is not a filmed operetta or opera. [review of original release]

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User Score
8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. JayH
    8
    What a marvelous and original film. The score and songs are amazingly good and very memorable. The attractive cast is excellent, very inventively directed by Jacques Demy. The sets are particularly good. Unusual and always interesting.… Full Review »
  2. PeterW.
    10
    Beyond comparison with any other film. It is unique in so many ways. It may very well be perfect.
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