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67 out of 100

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9.2 out of 10

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  • Summary: A handsome, successful fashion photographer (Poupaud) learns that he has a malignant brain tumor that will soon kill him. Hiding his diagnosis, he alienates his family and his young boyfriend, but during a short stay with his grandmother (Moreau), his vulnerability is met with a big heart and sound advice. A chance encounter with a roadside café waitress (Bruni-Tedeschi) results in an unusual bargain that provides a happy, playful dimension to the proceedings. (Strand Releasing)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Bill White
    100
    Another worthy performance comes from Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi.
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    90
    It's a magnificent miniature, a supremely tender work that's full of emotion and even sentimentality.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Leslie Felperin
    60
    Francois Ozon's Time to Leave reps one of the helmer's most straightforward, but perhaps least interesting pics.

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  1. LenW.
    10
    Profoundly sad but with a small ray of hope, this beautiful film centers on a vain, selfish photgrapher and his struggle to bring meaning to the end of his life. Unable to tell his lover or family of his plight, he confides only in his grandmother (Jeanne Moreau) who similarly chose an outcast role when grief overtook her in the past.… Expand
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