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Portraits Chinois
Phaedra Cinema

Portraits Chinois reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 54 Metascore out of 100
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MPAA RATING: Not rated

Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Romane Bohringer, and Jean-Phillipe Ecoffey

A group of artistically inclined Parisian friends fall in love and out of love while trying to set their skewered priorities straight. (Phaedra Cinema)


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Martine Dugowson
Peter Chase
 
DIRECTED BY: Martine Dugowson  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: October 31, 2000 
Video: October 31, 2000 
Theatrical: November 5, 1999 
RUNNING TIME: 105 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: France / UK 
LANGUAGE(S): French (with English subtitles) 

What The Critics Said

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80
Salon.com Charles Taylor
Truly is an ensemble comedy.
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75
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
A light romantic do-si-do.
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70
The New York Times Lawrence Van Gelder
The characters...are well cast, well directed and skillfully acted, if not a particularly admirable lot.
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70
Village Voice Justine Elias
The performances are uniformly strong.
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63
New York Daily News Jami Bernard
The group in Portraits Chinois is a little too diverse and unwieldy to keep emotional track of.
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50
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
It's all pretty entertaining in a shallow sort of way.
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50
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Nicely acted and capably directed, but hardly memorable.
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38
New York Post Lou Lumenick
Something most have gotten lost in the translation.
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20
LA Weekly Ella Taylor
The predicaments of this whiny, unprepossessing crew inspire about as much sympathy as a celebrity divorce.
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