Notre-Dame on Fire
Pathé | Release Date: TBA CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Time OutPhil de SemlyenJul 26, 2022
Notre-Dame on Fire is really good at conveying an iconic building’s place in a nation’s soul, and the grief that its potential loss can provoke. Most of its symbolism is well-earned and resonant. Read full review
70
Screen DailyLisa NesselsonJul 26, 2022
Engaging to watch and edifying about just how close Paris came to having rubble at its heart instead of the iconic gothic structure Victor Hugo’s hunchback called home, this thoughtful and meticulous re-creation of 24 incredibly dicey hours is mostly thrilling, despite the occasional groan-worthy line of dialogue or borderline dopey secondary character. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawJul 26, 2022
Veteran French director Jean-Jacques Annaud serves up some high-octane film-making with this old-fashioned disaster movie, composed in a docu-realist style, about the catastrophic fire that engulfed Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral in 2019. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesTara BradyJul 26, 2022
The urgency of the project ironically detracts from the drama. The story is simply too recent and too fresh to yield any surprises on the big screen. The characters appear mostly fleetingly and without time and space for development. This is precisely why the genre demands recognisable faces with baggage. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeJul 26, 2022
What the film does best is capture the daunting rage of the fire: Annaud combines muscular action sequences with actual footage of the event to eyebrow-scorching effect. Read full review
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