Apres Vous (After You)
Paramount Classics | Release Date: June 3, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
15
Negative:
1
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80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
This delightfully spirited film is perfectly cast, and it's hard to imagine how Daniel Auteuil, José Garcia and Sandrine Kiberlain could possibly improve upon their irresistible, multifaceted portrayals. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Suicidal depression has rarely looked so amusing. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Maybe the movie does so much dawdling and meandering so we'll have more time to bask in their presence; in any case, the otherwise pleasant picture uses up its ideas long before it uses up its running time. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
The humor is all over the place, veering from light to dark and from broad to subtle -- as if an "I Love Lucy" episode had been retooled by Woody Allen. Read full review
70
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
Unusually for a soap-bubble film, Après Vous runs almost two hours and very nearly sustains its length. Five minutes of condensation toward the end would have benefited it. But Salvadori floats everything, hammers nothing, and gets maximum buoyancy out of Camille Bazbaz's jaunty music. Read full review
70
Washington PostDesson Thomson
There isn't much to the movie, and you can see where it's going from kilometers away. But [Daniel] Auteuil gives the silliness a surprising heft. Read full review
63
New York PostKyle Smith
Après Vous arranges for a normal guy to get stuck with a blithering wreck. But whenever things threaten to get really silly, it pulls back. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneJessica Reaves
A sweet, if dramatically overlong trifle. Read full review
60
VarietyLisa Nesselson
Elegantly written, well-thesped comedy is too hermetic and bittersweet to be laugh-out-loud funny, but sustains a fairly successful ratio of uncomfortable situations to amusing solutions. Read full review
60
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Après Vous offers nice sound design and an unfussy presentation of middle-class Paris. It comes and goes with no unpleasant aftertaste. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderHank Sartin
Reasonably entertaining but predictable. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
The story itself is silly and exaggerated. Read full review
50
Village VoicePeter L'Official
Praised be the gods that this rom-com is French. If not, we'd be haunted by visions of a Focker-ish Dustin Hoffman rescuing a suicidal Tony Shalhoub then orchestrating the TV germophobe's reunification with ex Lisa Kudrow. Vive la France! Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
It's sweet, but way too silly. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
The best that can be said for this excitable, harmless romantic comedy is that it is smoothly directed by Pierre Salvadori. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Had it had the concision and symmetry of a classic French farce, Après Vous could have been an irresistible laugh machine. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Like most contemporary romantic comedies, the film's plot works only if you accept that everyone behaves like a complete and utter idiot at all times. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Intended as a farce, but lacks farcical insanity and settles for being a sitcom, not a very good one. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy Burr
The movie is largely set in a busy Paris restaurant, and, not surprisingly, the food looks terrific. You may come out hungry for poached sea bass and a little starved for drama. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Intends to be a farce, not a drama. The film never quite achieves either definition. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
You should come out of a film like Apres Vous with your heart as light and fluffy as a souffle. But this farce, credited to four chefs, er, writers, is as heavy and leaden as meatloaf. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Salvadori's choppy film never establishes a comic rhythm. Read full review
42
Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula Nechak
The jokes run dry, the situation is redundant, the cast becomes tiresome and the running time is interminable. Read full review
30
Dallas ObserverJean Oppenheimer
Proves an absolute chore to sit through. Read full review
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