Cousin Jules
Cinema Guild | Release Date: November 27, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Boston GlobeTy BurrFeb 27, 2014
Cousin Jules is one of those rare experiences that’s rooted in the past yet feels very much of the moment. On top of that, it’s timeless. Read full review
91
The PlaylistDiana DrummDec 9, 2013
After years of being a long-lost gem, Cousin Jules has finally been found and is receiving its due as an innovative, meditative case study of rural life. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeNov 26, 2013
Rescued from decay after the director's 2011 death and looking radiant in a 2K restoration, this quiet gem is a time capsule whose potential audience may be small, but will be transported. Read full review
88
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeNov 27, 2013
It only seems plotless. Momentous things happen, one of them tele­graphed in a single heartbreaking shot. The sense of time and place is so intense that Jules’ way of life seems to be disappearing even as we watch him. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineJesse CataldoNov 26, 2013
It's a bit reductive in terms of a personal portrait, but this is a film that's not concerned with telling the story of a man, instead making him a representative symbol of a mostly bygone way of life, a reminder of both the fleeting nature of individual experience and the steady patterns of a broader human existence. Read full review
80
VarietyRonnie ScheibDec 3, 2013
Yet even as the timelessness of the human activity on display seduces with its serenity, it evokes in modern viewers a definite impatience with the impracticality of traditional rites and rhythms, perhaps only enjoyable in 90-minute doses. Read full review
80
Time OutDavid FearNov 26, 2013
For 91 minutes, the pleasure of the Guiteauxes’ company is ours. We are ultimately the richer for it. Read full review
80
Village VoiceZachary WigonNov 26, 2013
Thoroughly transporting, the peacefulness and clarity of Cousin Jules can't help but reveal, by contrast, the restlessness and agitation too common to life today. Read full review
70
The DissolveScott TobiasNov 26, 2013
As director Dominique Benicheti invites the audience to contemplate this way of life—and that’s all the film seeks to accomplish, which is plenty—he reveals the virtues of simplicity, routine, and quietly communing with the natural world. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. ScottNov 26, 2013
Cousin Jules is in many ways a wonder to see and hear, but there is less to it than meets the eye. Read full review
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