Back to Burgundy
Music Box Films | Release Date: March 23, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonMar 22, 2018
A film so rich and pleasurable you’d be forgiven if you thought about it each time you have a glass of red. Read full review
80
VarietyPeter DebrugeApr 5, 2018
Though not a documentary, this gorgeous French family saga benefits enormously from Klapisch’s natural curiosity, informed by research (he participated in a harvest in order to observe its nuances) and elevated by his insistence that they film over the course of a full year, so as to capture the impact of the seasons on both viticulture and its human stewards. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranMar 29, 2018
Warm without sacrificing integrity, pleasant but not to a fault, Back to Burgundy is satisfying rather than earth-shaking. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternMar 29, 2018
Still, the family dynamics work out beautifully, and Jean’s return also leads to a deeply affecting revelation of his father’s feelings for him. As far as winemaking is concerned, Back to Burgundy is rich in vistas of the fabled côtes; stuffed with oenophile info (who knew how directly de-stemming affects a wine’s structure?) and studded with casual tastings of wines that most of us can only dream of. A 1990 Pommard? A 1995 Meursault Perrières? Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyMar 23, 2018
When the film focuses on the wine-making process, in the progression from vine to bottle, it's a fascinating and detailed look at a very specific subculture. Read full review
63
Washington PostPat PaduaMar 28, 2018
The film’s central metaphor — life is like wine — is an overripe one. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijMar 19, 2018
This story of sibling camaraderie and familial strife at a Burgundy winery unfolds against the backdrop of reliably picturesque views, with its bouquet of largely familiar elements presented with a modern finish. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenApr 4, 2018
The seductive scenery in this French film will sink its hooks into any hungering soul, and the window into the winemaking process it offers will stimulate the juices of any armchair oenophile. But the dramatic core of Cédric Klapisch’s Back to Burgundy is pure boilerplate. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineWes GreeneMar 18, 2018
Cédric Klapisch correlates wine’s complex arrangement of flavors to the complexity of memory itself, which, it should be said, is the most nuanced of the filmmaker’s wine metaphors. Read full review
40
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergMar 22, 2018
Mr. Klapisch lingers his camera lovingly over shots of grapes being harvested and stomped, all the while employing story mechanics and flashbacks indelicate enough to suggest the churn of a factory juicer. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawMar 19, 2018
The characters at one stage debate the merits of a smooth, fruity wine versus something more taut and acidic: it would be tempting to say that Klapisch goes too predictably for the first option, but the problems here are more with structure than taste. Read full review
40
Total FilmSimon KinnearMar 19, 2018
It’s more of a table wine – inoffensive, middlebrow and, like the scenes of grape harvesting here, hard work. Read full review
30
Village VoiceSimon AbramsMar 22, 2018
There doesn’t seem to be a romantic-comedy cliché missing from the bland French domestic Back to Burgundy, a wholly contrived post-adolescent coming-of-age yarn. Read full review
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