Changing Times
Koch Lorber Films | Release Date: July 14, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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88
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
This magnificent pair are the heart of Techine's film, and the sense of frayed, aging beauty and handsomeness they now carry helps project the picture's main theme: the imperishability of true love. Read full review
80
The New York TimesStephen Holden
In Changing Times, Mr. Téchiné, the great French director, is near the peak of his form. Weaving a half dozen subplots, he creates a set of variations on the theme of divided sensibilities tugging one another into states of perpetual unrest and possible happiness. Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Volatile and sometimes daring performances by Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Gilbert Melki, Malik Zidi, and Lubna Azabal (as twins) contribute to the highly charged and novelistic experience. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Another gorgeous and immensely satisfying reminder that there are few better directors than Téchiné when it comes to capturing the vagaries of the heart. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
A thoughtful and reflective love story about the impact of time on true love. Read full review
70
VarietyLisa Nesselson
A Cathererine Deneuve-Gerard Depardieu vehicle that leaves ample room for interesting supporting characters, this moody, more-bitter-than-sweet ode to anxiety is intense adult fare reinforced by effective no frills lensing. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Full of last-minute surprises, this willfully slippery movie seems to make the case both for mixing it up and sticking to your own kind. Which is all of a piece with the sensibility of this wonderfully ambiguous filmmaker, a visionary of our changing times. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Despite its weaknesses, Changing Times ("Les Temps Qui Changent" in French) is always watchable and even poignant from time to time. What it is never going to be is the grand passion of anyone's moviegoing life. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
There's something uniquely pleasurable about watching a director in total command of his craft, even when that craft is in service of a scattershot melodrama with pale intimations of social relevance. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
There isn't a flicker of chemistry between these old pros in Andre Techine's peculiar melodrama. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
While incontrovertibly light compared to contemporary master of melodrama Andre Techine's best work, this 2005 romance is best enjoyed as the welcome reunion of two of French cinema's most beloved stars. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
If the title, knee-jerk cast, pop-song intro, and schmaltzy plotline of his new film Changing Times is any indication, he's (André Téchiné) now the French mainstream, the premier Gallic pilot of high-toned soap opera. Read full review
50
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
It's kind of a mess. An agreeable, even lovable mess, but still a mess. Read full review
50
New York PostV.A. Musetto
It's always enjoyable watching Depardieu and Deneuve, but they deserve better material than they've been given by Techine. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Strangely inert drama. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Techine doesn't have much of a story to tell, so instead of moving the narrative forward, he expands it laterally. Read full review
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