Let the Sunshine In

Name: Let the Sunshine In
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: April 27, 2018
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Alex Descas, Bruno Podalydès, Josiane Balasko, Juliette Binoche, Laurent Grévill

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| Release Date: April 27, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Alex Descas, Bruno Podalydès, Josiane Balasko, Juliette Binoche, Laurent Grévill, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Paul Blain, Philippe Katerine, Sandrine Dumas, Xavier Beauvois

Summary: Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love at last.

Director: Claire Denis

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 94 min

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Justin Chang

May 4, 2018

Denis and her writing partner, the novelist and playwright Christine Angot, have woven a sublime comedy of sexual indecision. They mine Isabelle's affairs for humor as well as heartache, and do it with such delicacy that you may be hard-pressed to tell which is which. Read full review

Guy Lodge

May 27, 2017

Perfectly small rather than slight, and radiantly carried by Juliette Binoche — in a light-touch tour de force to be filed alongside her work in Kiarostami’s “Certified Copy” — this turns out to be a subtler departure than it outwardly appears for Denis, most evoking her other Parisienne drifting-hearts study, “Friday Night,” in its bittersweet tone. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

May 10, 2018

A multifaceted, bittersweet delight. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

May 27, 2017

The film slowly but surely works its charms, painting a rich, emotionally complex portrait of a woman who, like Denis herself, will not let herself be boxed in. Read full review

Moira Macdonald

Jul 3, 2018

Isabelle is complicated, in a way that movie women often aren’t; Binoche makes her an intriguing puzzle to solve. Read full review

The Film Stage Ed Frankl

May 26, 2017

Here is a film littered with off-piste humor and featuring a memorable, warm-hearted ending that argues being open to serendipitous new experiences beats comforting certainties in life. Read full review

The Playlist Bradley Warren

May 26, 2017

All in, the film is an unprecedented misfire for Denis. Read full review

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DrBlahBlah

Jan 26, 2019

Easily the best foreign film of the year (and one of the best of all time), this film gives a suggestive, elegant script and a perfect performance from Juliette Binoche room to breathe - and it's a refreshing breath of air.

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andrex3

Mar 17, 2021

it was a good movie until the ending scene. then it became a masterpiece.
juliette suits the role perfectly.

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fredericwood

Jun 3, 2018

It's a brutally honest film, including a few uncomfortable scenes. Watching this film actually made me reflect on personal experience and see how stupid some past actions can be. Searching for love is not all rose and honey. We stumble along the way. Not a polished film but feels real andIt's a brutally honest film, including a few uncomfortable scenes. Watching this film actually made me reflect on personal experience and see how stupid some past actions can be. Searching for love is not all rose and honey. We stumble along the way. Not a polished film but feels real and close to life.… Expand

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sachineldho

Jan 11, 2019

This Claire Denis movie is surely a work of art, but it fails to entertain. The cinematography is so good. But the film, though it is only around 90 minutes, drags terribly.

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NVjeanette

Jun 23, 2018

sexually incontinent men interact with emotionally & sexually incontinent woman peppered with oblique strings of words that attempt to pass for conversation. watching expressions flit across juliette binoche's face is actually mesmerizing for up to maybe 30 minutes, so i didn't tank my score.

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TVJerry

May 28, 2018

Warning! This is a very French film, meaning lots of talk and a dash of sex. Juliette Binoche plays an artist (although it doesn't really matter) who runs thru several men trying to find a connection. As is typical, she's lovely and sexy, while most of the men are neither. There's lots ofWarning! This is a very French film, meaning lots of talk and a dash of sex. Juliette Binoche plays an artist (although it doesn't really matter) who runs thru several men trying to find a connection. As is typical, she's lovely and sexy, while most of the men are neither. There's lots of dialogue about life and love, but it's just a painful exercise in human observation. The only interesting thing is that the closing credits run over the last scene, which at least makes the whole affair a bit shorter. In French with subtitles.… Expand

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epikvideo

Apr 29, 2018

Slow moving, dull, lingering nonsense at times. Not even Juliette could save this.

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