Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
Variance Films | Release Date: November 5, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
83
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumDec 12, 2010
Damien Chazelle's extraordinary black-and-white retro dream of a feature debut. Read full review
91
NPRIan BuckwalterDec 12, 2010
If John Cassavetes had directed a jazz musical by Jacques Demy, it might have looked something like this. Read full review
90
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisDec 12, 2010
Visually distinctive and aurally delightful, "Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench" has style to burn. A soulful black-and-white commentary on love, art and their competing demands, this Boston-based musical from Damien Chazelle floats on a wave of spontaneity and charm. Read full review
90
Village VoiceJ. HobermanDec 12, 2010
Guy and Madeline is at once self-conscious and breezy, clumsy and deft, diffident and sweet, annoying and ecstatic. It's amateurish in the best sense, and it radiates cinephilia. No movie I've seen this year has given me more joy. Read full review
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen ColeDec 7, 2010
Guy and Madeline is a decidedly modern film, whose frightened, impulsive, charming characters could walk into our lives tomorrow. Read full review
80
VarietyJohn AndersonDec 12, 2010
A surprise, a delight and a whimsical experiment. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyDec 9, 2010
You might want to tuck Damien Chazelle's name into your memory bank if his filmmaking debut, the terrific jazz improvisation that is Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, is any indication of what his future might hold. Read full review
75
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenOct 10, 2018
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench has more ambition than its talent can possibly live up to, but it’s an invigorating experience nonetheless. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisDec 16, 2010
Not only does the movie look like it's set somewhere, it feels, cinematically, to have arrived from someplace - early John Cassavetes, the French New Wave, Eastern Europe. Read full review
70
Boxoffice MagazineSara Maria VizcarrondoDec 12, 2010
Equally nostalgic and fresh-faced, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench is a bohemian musical that owes as much to Cassavetes "Shadows" as it does the French musicals of the '30s. Read full review
60
Time OutKeith UhlichDec 12, 2010
That the duo will work their way back to each other is never in doubt, although Chazelle doesn't succumb to easy sentiment. If anything, he moves too far in the other direction, aiming for a wizened ambiguity that doesn't entirely come off. Read full review
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