Girl from Paris, The

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

Wise, understated, warm and witty, it presents stars Michel Serrault and Mathilde Seigner in roles that fit them so perfectly they could have been tailor-made.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

The movie, which Carion wrote with Eric Assous, has a calming quality. The story moves slowly but, given the milieu and pace of life, this seems perfectly appropriate.

LA Weekly Ella Taylor

The Girl From Paris may not have half the smooth technique of "Swimming Pool," but it has 10 times the heart and soul.

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

The scenery is majestic, the goats adorable, the characters alternately gruff and tender. Like the best storytellers, Carion delays vital information about his characters that makes their dynamic increasingly interesting.

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

The saving grace of this French film is that it's anything but a sentimental story.

The New York Times Dana Stevens

A quiet, slow-moving tale, very much in tune with the gradual rhythms of traditional agricultural life.

The New Republic Stanley Kauffmann

Precisely the point of films in this genre is to provide pleasant predictability. We collaborate, in a way: we chuckle silently as, so to speak, we make the film ourselves.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps

Carion and his gifted leads never take the easy way out. Instead, they let the characters get acquainted against the slow change of the seasons, taking their relationship along unexpected turns.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Moves as slowly and deliberately as it sounds, but Seigner and Serrault are extremely effective in roles often requiring them to work alone, or together in loaded but wordless exchanges.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Yes, the story is pure formula, though given less twinkle and lip gloss than Hollywood would have brought to bear on it; the film is so remake-friendly you can cast it in your head.

Film Threat

It's in the characters that the film works beautifully, right up to the clever and tender final sequence.

New York Post V.A. Musetto

Carion, in his feature debut, means well, and his characters are lovable. But the plot is so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before Sandrine and her goats walk off into the sunset.

Village Voice Jessica Winter

The script offers neither a sustained narrative arc nor strong characterizations.