Marguerite
Cohen Media Group | Release Date: March 11, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
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Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
23
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1
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMar 31, 2016
As Marguerite, Frot is a completely open vessel, ready to receive the muse that cannot come. She has a childlike quality here, but she also seems (and this is both funny and sad) very much the mature artist. Read full review
90
Screen DailyLisa NesselsonFeb 26, 2016
The bittersweet fact that money can buy many things but love and talent aren’t among them is explored with often-thrilling artistry in Marguerite. Read full review
90
VarietyPeter DebrugeFeb 26, 2016
This splendid satire benefits...from “The Singer” director Giannoli’s gift for striking just the right tone with such tricky material. Read full review
88
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniMar 26, 2016
Giannoli's riotously funny and heartbreaking film follows Marguerite's attempt to stage a solo recital in a grand theater in Paris. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMar 24, 2016
Marguerite achieves what the protagonist herself never managed: perfect pitch. Read full review
88
St. Louis Post-DispatchSarah Bryan MillerMar 24, 2016
Marguerite is a shining star, a film that will set you laughing and thinking in equal measure. Read full review
83
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerMar 11, 2016
You can laugh at her, but the film doesn’t encourage you to do so. Giannoli, with his co-screenwriter Marcia Romano, is asking us to take Marguerite’s passion as a value in itself. Read full review
83
The Film StageMichael SnydelMar 10, 2016
Giannoli’s ease with sugary, poisonous dialogue and the cumulating orbit of characters can’t quite mask the crowded plotting. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubBenjamin MercerMar 9, 2016
A well-appointed period piece that nonetheless has no time for Midnight In Paris-style nostalgia. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMar 24, 2016
Frot's performance is so towering, so convincing, that it smooths out all the film's rough edges. It's a triumph. Read full review
80
Time Out LondonDave CalhounMar 14, 2016
This is sombre, artful and winningly ambiguous. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranMar 10, 2016
As written and directed by Xavier Giannoli, Marguerite is a thoughtful examination of an unusual, deeply eccentric woman. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternMar 10, 2016
The film is neither kind nor cruel, but wise, great-spirited and wonderfully enjoyable. It’s an addled dream of beauty unlike any other. Read full review
80
The New York TimesStephen HoldenMar 10, 2016
Marguerite overstays its welcome by at least 20 minutes. What redeems it is Ms. Frot’s subtle, deeply compassionate portrayal of a rich, lonely woman clutching at an impossible dream until reality intrudes. Read full review
75
Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanApr 14, 2016
t’s possible to laugh at Marguerite and with her at the same time. Cover your ears at key moments, and you may even fall in love with her. Read full review
75
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldApr 7, 2016
Frot’s performance, as a woman so caught up in the joy of music that she doesn’t quite understand how bad she is, is particularly delightful, and often quite moving. Read full review
75
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanMar 24, 2016
In the end, Marguerite isn’t a comedy so much as a love story. True love, it seems, isn’t just blind; it must be deaf, too. Read full review
75
The PlaylistKimber MyersMar 9, 2016
At 127 minutes, Giannoli’s script feels overlong and a bit repetitive in its heroine’s disastrous performances. Lucien, the critic who helps propel Marguerite and her story forward, disappears for a large chunk of the film, only to randomly appear toward the end. Other than these missteps, Marguerite is worth watching with a well-earned grimace, largely for Frot’s pitch-perfect performance. Read full review
70
Village VoiceA WolfeMar 9, 2016
It is Frot's performance — full of warmth, humor, and hope — that carries the story and even leads to some laugh-out-loud moments. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerFeb 26, 2016
Writer-director Xavier Giannoli offers up an amusingly entertaining portrait of fortune, infamy and severe melodic dysfunction in the polished French period dramedy, Marguerite. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy BurrMar 24, 2016
Marguerite strives for ambiguity and settles for a muddle. It piles too much on its serving plate, and at 129 minutes it’s definitely overlong. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyMar 14, 2016
The best part of Frot's performance, and the key to why Marguerite works when it does work, is how totally Marguerite believes in her nonexistent gift. Read full review
63
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeMar 9, 2016
While the premise (inspired by the true story of tune-challenged American socialite Florence Foster Jenkins) could be as cruel as “Carrie,” Frot’s would-be diva is achingly sympathetic. Read full review
60
CineVueMarco DuseFeb 26, 2016
When everything comes full circle, Marguerite is an enjoyable comedy with hints of dark satire and tangy melodrama. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneMar 9, 2016
Xavier Giannolli consistently glosses every sequence with a stagey kind of humor, and at the main character's expense. Read full review
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