Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Focus Features | Release Date: July 15, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
Positive:
30
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeOct 2, 2022
It’s unabashed froth, as substantial as a tulle skirt. And perhaps that’s exactly what we need right now. Read full review
60
The TelegraphTim RobeySep 29, 2022
It’s a thoroughly pleasant if flimsy film – a sleeper hit already in America’s sleepy arthouses – with a distinct perfume of nostalgia wafted towards us, say by the sight of Gitanes lit up on cross-channel flights. Read full review
60
Time OutCyrus CohenJul 14, 2022
Are we watching Mrs Harris Goes to Paris for realistic narrative unpredictability or to see Lesley Manville wear stunning Dior recreations in an idealised dramedy about class? For much of this film’s target audience, the answer to that question is the latter and their expectations will be met. The rest will find Manville’s reliable magnificence more than enough to sustain their interest. Read full review
60
VarietyPeter DebrugeJul 12, 2022
Fabian’s film is charming enough, though his attempts at romance remain earthbound as he makes a clean break from the TV version, offering a different interpretation of the character. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaJul 14, 2022
Despite its gleeful showcasing of beautiful clothes and vibrant midcentury Parisian sights, the film is caught between its fantasies and its principles, landing somewhere more annoyingly clueless — and dull — than it ought to be. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Johanna SchnellerJul 12, 2022
The bargain-basement knock-off of this movie, minus Manville and Dior, would not look out of place on Lifetime or Hallmark. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJul 12, 2022
This world of entirely nice people seems like a trite fantasy — trite because the movie never makes you believe it. But it does makes you want to believe it, and so, like a lot of these movies, it takes you halfway there. Read full review
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