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IFC Films | Release Date: September 21, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
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Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Despite its philosophical pretensions, the film is fairly lightweight, and its good-looking cast and sleek production values are more memorable than any of its heady themes. Read full review
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New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Imagine that, instead of trying to solve his wife's murder, the amnesiac character in Christopher Nolan's "Memento" had gone on "50 First Dates." That comes close to describing French director Jean-Pierre Limosin's playfully sexy tale of memory lapse. Read full review
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Film ThreatPhil Hall
This sounds an awful lot like "Memento." But unlike that movie, the French-Swiss-Spanish-Italian co-production Novo opts for a Eurotrash sex comedy approach instead. Read full review
50
VarietyDeborah Young
A bizarre combo of upscale French erotica studded with good-humored kinky sex scenes. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Sleek, attractive and ultimately vapid. Read full review
40
Village VoiceJames Crawford
Limosin's elliptical narrative, meant to correlate with his protagonist's blank-slate mind, instead plays as desultory and just plain confused. Read full review
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