Paris, 13th District
IFC Films | Release Date: April 15, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
29
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The TelegraphRobbie CollinJul 17, 2021
This foursome’s lives intersect in consistently thrilling and surprising ways, thanks in no small part to the fundamental volatility of contemporary young urban lives. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangApr 15, 2022
Mostly, Audiard leans assuredly on his actors, gently pushing each one toward a simple, ordinary, never-irrelevant question — what does your character want? — and coaxing forth an utterly unique answer. Read full review
90
The New York TimesManohla DargisApr 14, 2022
Audiard’s touch here is light, sensitive and attentive as usual; you feel his fondness for these characters and their world in every frame. Read full review
90
Screen DailyJonathan RomneyJul 17, 2021
Paris is more than just a setting here, but absolutely defines the way that the characters live and connect, the rhythms and pressures of their existence. Read full review
83
ColliderRoss BonaimeApr 21, 2022
Audiard, Mysius and Sciamma, along with their fantastic cast, create an enchanting and seductive story told through an intimate group of relationships. This beautiful and simple story of young love and finding one's self through love is one of the most romantic and sexiest films of 2022 so far. Read full review
83
The PlaylistCaroline TsaiJul 17, 2021
Full of fresh faces and unique stories, Paris, 13th District makes a case for genuine connections in a culture bent on transposing them into commodified products. Read full review
81
Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganApr 15, 2022
The luminescent cityscape of Paris is captured through an honest, loving gaze in Paris, 13th District, a melancholy yet tender-hearted exploration of millennial romance. Read full review
80
The New YorkerAnthony LaneApr 18, 2022
The movie has pace and lustre to spare, and the actors are richly invested in their characters, not hesitating to make them crabby and selfish, when need be, as well as sympathetic. Read full review
80
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Sarah-Tai BlackApr 15, 2022
Paris, 13th District is not a revelation of a film, but it is a charismatic collection of moments worth spending time with. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternApr 15, 2022
The film isn’t just about their search for love and the vagaries of modern dating, but the craziness of life as it’s lived by passionate, gifted people with insufficient channels for their passion and shabby containers for their gifts. Read full review
80
NMEElizabeth AubreyMar 22, 2022
It’s definitely the sexiest film of 2022 so far, but also the one with the most heart. Read full review
80
CineVueChristopher MachellMar 21, 2022
Paris, 13th District is a paean to the freedoms, the heartaches and the confusion of singledom. Read full review
80
Little White LiesHannah StrongMar 14, 2022
Even with its artsy cinematography, this feels like Audiard’s least self-conscious work to date, a playful reminder that the kids aren’t alright, but they’re feeling their way through. Read full review
80
Film ThreatAlex SavelievNov 14, 2021
The true-to-life repartee between the leads – at times tender, at others snappy, one minute heated, brutally cold the next – is a joy to behold. Read full review
80
VarietyPeter DebrugeJul 17, 2021
A silky, soulful black-and-white tapestry of single millennials seeking connection. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawJul 17, 2021
I’m not sure that Les Olympiades says anything too profound about any of its cast of characters, but Audiard achieves something very watchable and entertaining in anthologising them. This is a connoisseur date movie. Read full review
80
Time OutPhil de SemlyenJul 15, 2021
It’s not judgy or lecturing, and there’s nothing too didactic here – and maybe not a lot to linger over either. But if you’re looking for a couple of hours of sexy Parisians hooking up, falling out and finding their feet again, all set to pulsing electro and with a baked-in romanticism that makes a built-up corner of Paris feel like Casablanca, Audiard and his co-writers have made the perfect film. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsApr 28, 2022
Even if this sex-forward comedy-drama is slightly miscast, directorially, and always slightly favoring the male gaze, the actors are excellent. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoApr 15, 2022
Audiard is invigorated by these vibrant, gorgeous young people, delivering one of the most sexually active films in years, even for the French. And his cast fearlessly work through their characters most private moments and emotions, leading to a movie that isn't voyeuristic as much as it is genuine. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattApr 15, 2022
A love triangle, or maybe something more like a love polygon, lies at the center of the slight but alluring latest from Parisian writer-director Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone, The Sisters Brothers) — one of those supremely French films in which impossibly chic people fight, come together, and fall apart, all filmed in saturated black and white. Read full review
75
Original-CinKaren GordonApr 14, 2022
The subtle trick of Paris, 13th District, is that it plays like a romantic dramedy, but it really is more like a series of character studies of these young people whose lives just so happen to intersect. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleApr 13, 2022
At any given time, a different character will seem to be the movie’s focus. But as long as we recognize that love’s transformational power is the real subject, there can be no mystery about the movie’s intentions or how it’s unfolding. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubMark KeizerApr 11, 2022
Unfolding at a relaxed pace and richly enhanced by DP Paul Guilhaume’s silky black and white images, Paris, 13th District is a candid, intimate, and authentic examination of the obstacles that keep young urbanites from connecting. Read full review
70
TheWrapJason SolomonsJul 17, 2021
The episodic nature means that, despite the frequent physical comings together on screen, it never quite comes together as a drama. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijJul 17, 2021
This relaxed sense of naturalism also extends to the film’s numerous sex scenes, which can be sensuous but also funny or awkward, depending on the circumstances. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerApr 19, 2022
Paris, 13th District never quite provides a good enough reason to smoosh two of Tomine’s stories together. Read full review
67
The Film StageLuke HicksJul 26, 2021
Paris, 13th District wades in the strange, true interconnectedness of life and evokes the banality within, so much that it starts to become banal itself. Read full review
63
Washington PostHau ChuApr 11, 2022
Audiard’s direction is engaging, especially his choice to portray one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in the world as a place defined by stark, concrete slabs of apartments and high-rises. But the film never quite lands on anything profound about how this generation lives. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 7, 2022
Audiard has conjured up a fascinating snapshot of love in the age of easy, online-assisted sex. Paris, 13th District feels both authentic and thanks to its dreamy setting, as romantic as only affairs in the City of Love can be, whether they involve courtesans or college students. Read full review
60
Rolling StoneDavid FearApr 14, 2022
Whatever cause you pick, the idea of representing or recreating sex as a narrative device now feels like a relic of the distant past. No one seems to have informed French director Jacques Audiard of this demise, however, and there are moments when you watch Paris, 13th District and wonder if he’s singlehandedly trying to resuscitate the concept of old-fashioned screen shtupping. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Mark KermodeMar 21, 2022
This is a playfully sensuous affair that wonders what happens to slow-burn intimacy when mediated by the urgency of the online world. Read full review
60
EmpireSophie ButcherMar 17, 2022
Sharply written, beautifully shot, but confusingly paced, Paris, 13th District is an enjoyable if forgettable snapshot of modern love and relationships. Read full review
58
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJul 17, 2021
As mercifully non-didactic as one would expect from any French movie about a constellation of hot people banging into each other as they rotate along their respective orbits Paris, 13th District is much less interested in judging these characters than it is in watching to see how they keep their balance. Read full review
50
The New YorkerRichard BrodyApr 14, 2022
Audiard may know and understand something about romantic entanglements, family commitments, and professional lives. But by centering his characters’ desire and pleasure, and then filming these aspects of their lives with smarmy smugness, he sacrifices the realm of knowledge in yielding to fantasy. Read full review
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