Manon of the Spring
Orion Classics | Release Date: December 4, 1987 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

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60
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Manon des Sources is the poignant, but more dramatically wobbly, followup to Jean de Florette, producer-director Claude Berri's risky two-film adaptation of a novel by Marcel Pagnol, who, unsatisfied with his own next-to-last feature in 1952, expanded it as a two-part novel. Read full review
60
Washington PostRita Kempley
Though appealing in its wispy way, "Manon" is only a continental soap opera. Read full review
50
Washington PostDesson Thomson
To completely sabotage the work, there is an insipid affair between Manon and a young teacher, Bernard (Hippolyte Girardot). Their juvenile romance blunts the epic effect that Berri obviously is trying to create. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Berri remains a boring director, dotting every i and crossing every t with nothing much on his mind but platitude. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneDave Kehr
By imitating the gestures and outlines of a vanished cinema, Berri can only provide a cold simulation. The surface is smooth and refined; the insides aren't there. [23 Dec 1987, p.A]
40
The New York TimesVincent Canby
The events in ''Manon of the Spring'' are no more wildly melodramatic than those in ''Jean de Florette'' but, without the indoctrination provided by ''Jean,'' the second film functions as a mean-spirited review of the first. Read full review
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