If You Don't, I Will
Film Movement | Release Date: December 17, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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83
The A.V. ClubNick SchagerDec 16, 2014
For the most part, writer-director Sophie Fillières’ If You Don’t, I Will strikes an engaging tone of melancholic humor through its portrait of a French marriage slowly falling to pieces. Read full review
80
VarietyGuy LodgeDec 16, 2014
Distinguished by exquisite performances from Emmanuelle Devos and Mathieu Amalric as a bourgeois couple unsure when to call time on their marriage, the pic initially follows the dry, droll template set by so many tasteful French relationship dramedies, before venturing into less comforting emotional territory for its final act. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattJan 14, 2015
A quiet, intermittently poignant portrait of two people who've lost each other and aren't sure they want to find their way back. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzDec 17, 2014
Much of the film's appeal lies in watching the two lead actors enact subtle, honest moments of observed behavior. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen HoldenDec 16, 2014
If You Don’t, I Will is a dour, acutely observed comedy about marital boredom that doesn’t glamorize or overdramatize the characters’ angst. Its lived-in performances evoke an excruciating stalemate that can be ended only by a radical break. Read full review
70
Village VoiceZachary WigonDec 16, 2014
While you may be left craving more emotional fireworks than you get, Fillières's intelligent film is accomplished in its portrayal of a marriage in crisis, the union's last gasps rife with poignant exchanges. Read full review
70
The DissolveMike D'AngeloDec 16, 2014
It’s a magnificently acrid showcase for two idiosyncratic actors who seem uncannily in tune with each other, even as their characters are out of sync. Read full review
63
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeDec 17, 2014
It’s sprightly, funny and at times piercingly sad. Read full review
58
The PlaylistJessica KiangDec 16, 2014
Shot in pedestrian fashion, it is set in an intriguing and entirely foreign milieu, but the film ends up just too inscrutable and oblique for us to really engage with it, or its often incomprehensibly motivated characters. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenDec 12, 2014
The actors play off one another beautifully, but the film bottoms out just as it's getting warmed up. Read full review
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