Leave One Day
Pathé | Release Date: TBA CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
7
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
IndieWireBen CrollMay 21, 2025
Taking a sturdy, mainstream premise — a big-city careerist reflecting on her life path during a trip back to the holler, in a setup that faintly echoes “Sweet Home Alabama,” among a hundred other rom-coms — and shading it with moral grays, natural light, and a more unvarnished turn from a well-known star, Leave One Day plays uncannily like a Gallic cover of a Sundance movie, gussied up and vaunted onto the international stage. Read full review
60
Screen DailyWendy IdeMay 21, 2025
A testy father-daughter relationship adds weight to the story, all of which Armanet, in her first lead role, tackles with a convincingly frayed and frustrated performance. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerMay 21, 2025
Bonnin, who adapted the script with Dimitri Lucas from her César award-winning short, offers up a boilperlate coming-home scenario bolstered by a few keen observations and a fair amount of charm. Read full review
50
VarietyOwen GleibermanMay 21, 2025
It’s a trifle, and not even fully successful on its own small-bauble terms. But oh, is it ever meant to bathe you in a warm retro glow. Read full review
50
Screen RantGraeme GuttmannMay 21, 2025
The beauty of a musical isn't just in the songs themselves, but the feelings they leave us with as we exit the theater. Leave One Day opts for a cheerier disposition that undermines staying power beyond its infectious tunes. Read full review
50
The Film StageZhuo-Ning SuMay 21, 2025
There’s no question that this sweet, nostalgia-laced ode to life in the countryside has its heart in the right place, but a lack of nuance and creative risk-taking greatly hampered the delivery of its message. Read full review
45
TheWrapSteve PondMay 21, 2025
The movie seems to be trying to be quirky, but it’s never quirky enough, and it’s hard to feel much for the characters or feel that there’s much in the way of healing going on. But it’s breezy enough to be mildly diverting and gently nostalgic. Read full review
40
The TimesKevin MaherMay 21, 2025
There’s little dramatic jeopardy here and certainly no danger. Instead, by the closing credits Cécile has barely changed, and the musical around her has barely registered. Sorry, the film with songs in it. Read full review
20
The TelegraphRobbie CollinMay 21, 2025
Cannes has had its share of opening-night turkeys over the past decade or so (2014’s Grace of Monaco was a memorable one), but for sheer unabating feebleness this must take the biscuit. Read full review
20
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 21, 2025
It is burdened by a trite and naive sentimentality that it doesn’t know how to make realistically plausible or transform into romanticism or idealism. Read full review
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