A Housekeeper

Name: A Housekeeper
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: July 11, 2003
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 68
Cast: Émilie Dequenne, Jean-Pierre Bacri

2003

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Palm Pictures | Release Date: July 11, 2003 | R

Starring: Émilie Dequenne, Jean-Pierre Bacri

Summary: A bittersweet and sexy romantic comedy that shows how hope can come to the hopeless and love to the lonesome. (Palm Pictures)

Director: Claude Berri

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 91 min

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David Sterritt

Berri lets the story develop in a leisurely and organic way, capping it with a last scene that's subtle and satisfying. Jean-Pierre Bacri is just right as the man and Emilie Dequenne is perfect as the maid. Read full review

Leslie Camhi

In a flawless performance, Bacri lets us glimpse the tender desperation beneath his character's harsh, curmudgeonly exterior. Read full review

Premiere Laine Ewen

Understated, quietly amusing, and steadily paced. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Fairly predictable, but the two leads' impressively nuanced performances make it less so, and Berri makes skillful use of both actors. Read full review

Desson Thomson

Even if the film is only moderately enjoyable, it can create a sort of exotic escapism. Read full review

Shawn Levy

With the grounded performances, a pleasant look and feel and the brains to refrain from anything more than a quiet portrait of life, The Housekeeper makes for the sort of well-seasoned meal that's so refreshing in the summertime. Read full review

Jack Mathews

No one makes something out of nothing like the French, and in this wispy tale about a jilted middle-age man and the very young housekeeper who briefly lights up his life, writer-director Claude Berri's got plenty of nothing. Read full review

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