And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Paramount Classics | Release Date: August 1, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
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90
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
The good news about Claude Lelouch's And Now Ladies and Gentlemen -- there's no bad news -- is that the man who made the sublimely superficial "A Man and a Woman" almost four decades ago has grown in wisdom and artistry, but hasn't lost his love of glossy surfaces.
90
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
For those of us who find Lelouch an unbreakable habit -- the guiltiest of guilty pleasures -- watching And Now Ladies & Gentlemen comes close to sheer moviegoing bliss. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
The perfect summer tonic for mature audiences looking for sophisticated escape. It's filled with beautiful people in gorgeous, exotic locales. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The core relationship is what makes the movie with this ill-advised title a well-advised choice. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Has a goofy enthusiasm for itself that's contagious. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
All told, it’s two-plus hours of trinkets and baubles and clever repartée beneath a perfect summer sun and beside the whitewashed walls of Fez, not inconsequential but as ephemeral as the sky above. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie is so extravagant and outrageous in its storytelling that it resists criticism: It's self-satirizing. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Ray Conlogue
For those who don't know his (Lelouch's) work, And Now Ladies and Gentlemen will be fun because his style is unique and unpredictable. But for those who have known him in better form, this one is not a must-see. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
A movie best suited for a lazy afternoon or a languorous night, particularly if you're a Francophile. Charming, glamorous, emotionally suggestive but slight, it's full of beautiful and colorful people. Read full review
63
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
The cinematic equivalent of a beautifully wrapped gift box with nothing inside. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
According to common usage, the French word stupide comes closer to silly than to dumb, which is how I might rationalize my affection for this harebrained, obvious, but euphoric tale. Read full review
60
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Though the director's jet-set fantasy world of rugged jewel thieves and sailboat races, triste cabaret singers and sybaritic pleasures may feel dated and more than a little decadent, it is a nice enough place to visit. Read full review
60
VarietyDerek Elley
A good-looking but slim confection that's short on the multi-characterisation and sense of entwined destinies that mark the great Lelouch sagas. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
The film isn't so much a demanding character study as it is a lot of pretty parts pushed together. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
The tone moves from gently jocular (Irons appears in drag) to mystically morose (a female shaman tries to ululate up a cure), and that creates a jarring effect from which the movie does not recover. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Like a Bond picture with no spies or villains or car chases or gadgets or explosions. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
It's fitting. Valentin and Jane may be awakening from life's slumber, but mostly they're just putting us to sleep. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The director has said that the plot was influenced by a real English thief named Valentin who showed up at his door one day to repay money stolen a decade earlier. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
It's too insubstantial to support its two-hour-plus running time, and too arbitrary to work as a story, so you walk out wondering not happened, but whether anything actually did. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
When characters aren't quoting Alfred de Musset, they're speaking in aphorisms of their own, and the dialogue is stylized and stilted. Happily, Kaas, one of France's most popular jazz singers, has a sensuous, sonorous voice, and Lelouch uses it as often as possible; in many ways, the film is a musical. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
It works for a little while, but an Irons-narrated slideshow of the region would have worked just as well. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
One part cabaret, one part travelogue, one part comic heist, one part romantic tearjerker -- and all pretty tedious. Read full review
30
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Has little to offer beyond muzzy kismet and generalized amnesia, a bit of National Geographic and a lot of cocktail jazz. Read full review
20
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Awash in the kind of pretension that only the French can get away with. Read full review
20
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
An exercise in vanity, indulgence and a startling degree of shallowness. Read full review
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