A Promise
| Release Date: April 18, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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3
Negative:
3
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Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyApr 23, 2014
It’s well made but drearily familiar. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineJordan OstererApr 13, 2014
Patrice Leconte struggles to find a coherent rhythm, a problem exacerbated by a hurried running time that compresses some of the novella's more interesting socio-political nuances. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen HoldenApr 17, 2014
Ms. Hall’s Lotte is the weak link in the triangle. Despite all her character’s flowery words of longing, she can’t convey the heat bottled under Lotte’s demure demeanor. Read full review
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New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanApr 17, 2014
A romantic triangle featuring Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman and “Game of Thrones” costar Richard Madden has no business being this dull. Read full review
33
The PlaylistOliver LytteltonApr 4, 2014
Leconte’s never been the edgiest of filmmakers, but A Promise is so free of anything close to an edge that it’s like watching a beige sphere for ninety-odd minutes—and it feels much longer. Read full review
30
Village VoiceAaron HillisApr 16, 2014
No bodices were harmed in veteran French filmmaker Patrice Leconte's chaste and bloodless English-language debut. Read full review
30
VarietyJustin ChangApr 4, 2014
Led by a trio of lackluster performances from Alan Rickman, Rebecca Hall and “Game of Thrones” thesp Richard Madden, this awkward, passionless drama conveys neither the sensuality nor the drawn-out sense of longing required by its period tale of a young secretary who falls in love with his employer’s wife. Read full review
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