Adventures of Felix, The

Boston Globe Loren King

In this engaging, understated comedy, it is the journey and not the destination that matters.

New Times (L.A.) David Ehrenstein

A film whose surface charm never gets in the way of its profound seriousness about living life to the fullest -- especially when one knows it isn't going to be a terribly long one.

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

Optimistically explores how vastly different people can come together, and how any journey is more about what happens along the way than simply getting from one place to another.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

An odyssey of self-discovery of much charm, humor and admirable subtlety.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

This French film has a breezy, documentary air that belies the important issues is raises.

San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann

It's a distinctly French feeling -- an air of caprice and light expectations -- and a perfect prologue to a delightful film.

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

Although the movie never so much as flirts with melodrama, there is still a bittersweet undercurrent.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

Poignant, funny and clear-eyed about some tough topics: homophobia, racism, AIDS.

TV Guide Ken Fox

Sectioned neatly into chapters with titles like "Mon petit frere" and "Ma mere," the film is perhaps a little too rigid, even by the conventions of road movies.

Village Voice Mark Holcomb

A wafer-thin, sweetly sentimental picaresque with semiserious overtones.

LA Weekly Paul Malcolm

It would all be too obviously feel-good if Ducastel and Martineau weren't also tuned in to the liberating drift of the open highway and a sharp native humor that adds needed flesh and blood to their walking metaphors.

Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones

Yes, this is the stuff of fiction, where individuals can drift in and out of another's life and make extraordinary, unbelievable things happen.

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

Perhaps simply discovering a film so dedicated to a different perspective is adventure enough.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Sweet, funny, well-acted and nicely shot on locations in the south of France -- but on the dull side overall.

Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan

Understated fun, but not much more.

The New York Times A.O. Scott

Makes its points gently; the picture presents its socially conscious messages as if they were written in the sand, on the beaches where Felix would probably prefer to frolic.