La tête en friche 2010

Alison Willmore, Time Out: An affable reminder that the French are just as capable of making cornball cinema as any Hollywood studio. Read more

Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic: The film is leisurely paced, as many French films are, and not much actually happens, but as a character study, it feels true, and ultimately moving. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: It's determined to look on the bright side. The film isn't about the actor's intelligence. It's about his emotional radiance. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: A sweet puff of a film, My Afternoons With Margueritte is as disarming as it is absurd. Read more

Justin Lowe, Hollywood Reporter: An appealing coming-of-middle-age comedy, My Afternoons With Margueritte exhibits a pleasantly light touch even when dealing with some fairly weighty issues. Read more

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: This little gem is all about the nature of chance encounters and how they can change us in unexpected ways. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: By the time the film ends, you'll honestly believe you've just spent a languid afternoon in a lovely coastal village, and with excellent company. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: The story is sentimental and slight, but the chemistry between Depardieu and Casadesus makes up for any faults. Read more

Rachel Saltz, New York Times: It rarely rises above the pedestrian. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The happy ending lays it on too thick, but what the hell: In for a dime, in for a dollar. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: It's a lovely movie. Read more

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: [Depardieu] is as emblematic of his country as Tom Hanks is of ours, and "My Afternoons With Margueritte" is his "Forrest Gump." Only better. Read more

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David Jenkins, Time Out: There is a sweet chemistry between Depardieu and Casadesus, but their wry interactions are lost within a rambling, frothy non-story that aims squarely for the heart over the head. Read more

Jordan Mintzer, Variety: A heaping pile of cliches doesn't prevent this touchingly simplistic tale from exuding a strong and universal emotional appeal. Read more

Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: That so many of the colossal yokel's mental states are literalized, as when the screen fills with thousands of rats while Margueritte reads Camus's The Plague aloud to her new pal, typifies the movie's antipathy to nuance. Read more

Adam Bernstein, Washington Post: A predictable, undernourished love story. Read more