Cet amour-là
New Yorker Films | Release Date: April 2, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
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Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
9
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0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A crisp, elegantly resonant film. Read full review
80
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
Moreau's face is the base and the beauty of the film. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
The real passion here is the almost erotic thrill that acting still holds for Moreau. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
The film, like its lovers, is fond, giddy and poetic about love and death. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
May worship heedlessly at Duras's memory, but it's a testament to Moreau alone. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
There's something self-defeating about approaching an unconventional artist so conventionally, and the story becomes touching only insofar as it overrides much of what made Duras special. Read full review
63
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The screenplay also fails to put the unconventional relationship into context. It never lets on that Andrea helped Duras produce some of her best work, including the autobiographical "The Lovers." Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Dayan's weakly structured biopic Cet Amour-là is, to be kind, less than inspired. But as a showcase for legendary French actress Jeanne Moreau, it's a tour de force. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Moreau is magnetic as the wise-but-neurotic scribe, though the same can't be said of Demarigny, whose timid portrayal of a reverent fanboy sucks the energy out of most of his scenes. Dayan's direction is even more problematic. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
You can forget about veracity, since this gauzy and sometimes dopey romanticization can't be trusted. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Pretentious but gorgeously photographed. Read full review
50
Washington PostDesson Thomson
There is one reason, and one reason alone, to watch Cet Amour-La. It is Jeanne Moreau. Read full review
50
The New York TimesDave Kehr
Ms. Moreau, still an imperious presence at age 75, makes no effort to look or sound like Duras -- this is one sacred monster stepping in for another. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleC.W. Nevius
It is a great story, but it hasn't been translated to the screen. It is never a good sign when the biographical notes have more emotional wallop than the movie. Read full review
40
The New YorkerDavid Denby
The movie that Josée Dayan has made about the Duras-Andréa affair is not a scandal. Unfortunately, it’s not much of anything but a solemn joke. [14 April 2003, p.88]
40
VarietyDeborah Young
A limp-to-wilted film version of Duras' 16-year-long love affair with a young man who became her secretary and literary executor. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Sympathetic, if lackluster. Read full review
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