Domicile conjugal 1970

Vincent Canby, New York Times: I can't help believing that Francois Truffaut's latest Antoine Doinel comedy, Bed and Board, will turn out to be one of the loveliest, most intelligent movies we'll see in all of 1971. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: The film is entertaining and discreetly sentimental, though perhaps a little too flattering to the fantasies of the young adult audience. Read more

Keith Phipps, AV Club: The sadness of the film's decaying domesticity keeps undermining it, giving it the air of a melancholy B-side to what's come before. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Bed and Board is one of the most decent and loving films I can remember. Read more

Time Out: For those who found Truffaut's later work becoming flaccid, this fourth instalment in the continuing saga of Antoine Doinel provides plenty of critical ammunition. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: It is laced with little incidents, quirky characters, incisive insights and quintessentially French national traits of complacency that avoid chauvinism in Truffaut's gentle but never sentimental or indulgent treatment. Read more