Delicacy
Cohen Media Group | Release Date: March 16, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
12
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaMar 22, 2012
Tautou, who looks even smaller and more fragile alongside her towering leading man, conveys the hurt and hesitancy that are pulling at her character's heart - and does so with seeming effortlessness. It's as though she knows this woman, deep down. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertMar 21, 2012
Delicacy is a sweetheart of a love story, and cornball from stem to stern. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMar 15, 2012
The latest Audrey Tautou film, Delicacy, is sensitive and well acted and fits under the general category of "good movie," and yet it would be hard to get excited about it. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesApr 25, 2012
Comedic actor François Damiens mines but never mocks Markus' awkwardness, thereby creating a winning portrait in decency. His tracing, with the ever-luminous Tautou, of the slow bloom of new love is a thing of understated beauty. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayMar 14, 2012
The movie is caught between the poignancy of the everyday and the exaggerations of fiction. Read full review
63
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanMar 23, 2012
It is Markus's sensitivity to nuance and to the feelings of others that characterizes every step that he - and this sure-footed if off-kilter film - takes. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy BurrMar 22, 2012
"Unpredictable'' is one adjective you could use to describe the new Audrey Tautou movie, Delicacy. Others might be "charming,'' "offbeat,'' "droll.'' "Unfocused'' and "underwhelming'' also apply. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldConnie OgleMar 18, 2012
Delicacy bears a slight whiff of Anthony Minghella's fantastic "Truly Madly Deeply," but while Minghella's film is a romantic comedy classic, Delicacy hovers just this side of memorable. Read full review
60
Total FilmEmma DibdinApr 12, 2012
You might think that spousal bereavement and whimsical romantic comedy would make uneasy bedfellows, and you'd be somewhat right, as the debut from French duo Stéphane and David Foenkinos doesn't quite reconcile the divide between premise and tone. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleApr 5, 2012
Delicacy isn't going to set anybody's psyche on fire with its insights into grieving and emotional recovery, but as a crepe-thin romantic snack, it has its moments. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicRichard NilsenMar 22, 2012
Delicacy is not a very good movie. But it is entertaining enough -- barely enough -- to make it worth seeing. Read full review
55
NPRScott TobiasMar 19, 2012
Delicacy is phony in ways that might seem drearily familiar to audiences weaned on American romantic comedies. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumMar 18, 2012
The two stars appear to be as bewildered by the turn of events as we are. Read full review
50
New York PostV.A. MusettoMar 16, 2012
The movie is a pleasant way to spend time in the dark, especially for Francophiles, but it won't leave any lasting impression. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMar 15, 2012
It's a lightweight romance that occasionally shows a sense of humor but seems afraid to turn it loose. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMar 15, 2012
Gently sweet but unmemorable bonbon. Read full review
40
Time OutSam AdamsMar 13, 2012
It's a rebound-romance movie that's simplistic but sweet, an uncomplicated cinematic bonbon. It'll only take a few quick bites, however, before you'll be ready to move on to something meatier. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonMar 13, 2012
Tautou, playing workaholic widow Nathalie in Delicacy, gives off a sexless, cutie-pie charm - not as aggressively as she did in "Amélie," but still gratingly. The actress, therefore, is perfect for this dainty, inconsequential romantic dramedy. Read full review
40
VarietyBoyd van HoeijMar 12, 2012
Tautou is fine but clearly typecast as another whimsical pixie with strong melancholy undercurrents. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerMar 12, 2012
A flat-footed and seriously unsexy romantic dramedy. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineNick SchagerMar 12, 2012
Now that Zooey Deschanel has taken a detour into TV land, is Audrey Tautou the most insufferable pixy presence in cinema today? Read full review
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