Bay of Angels
Pathé Contemporary Films | Release Date: November 30, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Because Bay of Angels reveals rather than moralizes, because its concerns are character and psychology, it's a potent showcase for Moreau's gifts. Read full review
80
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Most of all, it's an early chapter of Demy's courtship with the provincial France of his youth, with the most bewitching generation of French actresses, and with movies. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
Great pleasures. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Seen through Demy's eyes (and Raoul Coutard's shimmering black-and-white photography), their extravagance is so effortlessly cool, you feel somehow lucky just to be there with them. Read full review
70
New Times (L.A.)Jean Oppenheimer
Demy's films are often described in terms of music; this one is more like a tango in which one person leads and refuses to forfeit the position. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineFrank Lovece
The title of the film is most unfortunate because it gives no indication of the film's stark theme. Moreau is good as the disenchanted woman, but Mann is less effective. Read full review
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