Revoir Paris
Music Box Films | Release Date: June 23, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 5, 2023
Built on a quietly compelling performance by Virginie Efira (“Benedetta,” “Elle”), it may be the best depiction of how trauma changes your psyche and your life since the Peter Weir Jeff Bridges/Rosie Perez drama “Fearless.” Read full review
80
EmpireYasmin OmarAug 3, 2023
Devastating, yet ultimately rewarding, Paris Memories offers an alternative to the usual socio-political consideration of a terrorist attack by drawing a humane, kaleidoscopic portrait of various survivors’ crisis responses. Read full review
80
Little White LiesHannah StrongAug 1, 2023
Cemented by Efira’s restrained, empathetic performance, Paris Memories is a deft exploration of recovery, and a moving tribute to Winocour’s brother Jérémie and other victims and survivors. Read full review
80
The GuardianCath ClarkeAug 1, 2023
It’s a measured, quietly powerful film with a performance from Virginie Efira that seems almost telepathic at times; in scenes where she doesn’t say a word, barely twitching a muscle in her face, yet somehow you know what she’s feeling. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJun 29, 2023
It’s in that soulful shift from repair’s confusion to renewal’s fullness where Revoir Paris is most powerful, dramatizing what it can mean to outlive something unimaginable — and look at the world anew. Read full review
80
Time OutPhil de SemlyenJun 23, 2023
It’s a sensitive, careful film with real emotional intelligence, but no less gripping for swerving dramatic fireworks in favour of quieter, more observational moments. Read full review
80
The New York TimesManohla DargisJun 22, 2023
Even as Winocour piles on too many complications, she retains an appreciable astringency — call it a sense of emotional realism about what it means to actually survive — that keeps bathos at bay. Together with the superb Efira, she earns your tears honestly. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comJourdain SearlesJun 23, 2023
Despite the tragedy, Revoir Paris is a hopeful film about the healing power of human connection and mutual comfort. It’s the kind of movie that lingers in the mind long after the credits roll. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineChris BarsantiMar 3, 2023
The film is a quietly gutting ode to Paris’s resilience in the post-Bataclan era. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerMay 28, 2022
Paris Memories is a mystery movie, with Mia, like Guy Pearce’s character in Memento, following various leads and fractured memories to get to the truth. It’s also a story of emotional renewal, chronicling the phases of recovery that follow in the wake of a major catastrophe, with all the ups and downs that entails. Read full review
70
Screen DailyWendy IdeMay 28, 2022
This decision to seek out the sun rather than just the clouds, to focus on resilience and healing won’t be for everyone, nor will it represent the experience of all victims of terrorism. Read full review
70
VarietyGuy LodgeMay 28, 2022
It’s a modest film with a heart very much on its torn sleeve, given force and ballast by another fine dramatic turn from the hard-working Virginie Efira. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesTara BradyAug 4, 2023
It takes a while for Winocour’s gentle drama to consolidate into a satisfying detective story as Mia pieces together the events of that fateful evening. The denouement is dramatically convenient but undeniably moving. Read full review
60
Film ThreatAlex SavelievJun 25, 2023
Those individual, deeply felt, beautiful moments sadly fail to add up to a deeply felt, beautiful whole. As such, Revoir Paris gets a B- for effort. Read full review
58
The Film StageLeonardo GoiJun 2, 2022
There’s no denying the affection Winocour pours into Mia’s healing. For a drama dealing with a wound that’s still unbearably vivid, Memories is both tactful and heartfelt. But as time went on I found myself wondering how much more affecting the film might have turned out had Winocour chosen to complicate some of its heavy-handed metaphors and cliches. Read full review
58
The PlaylistElena LazicMay 28, 2022
It is a moving healing journey, but one that feels almost too smooth, a best-case scenario with few bumps in the road and, more significantly, very few surprises. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJul 7, 2023
While many will find Revoir Paris moving, for me it’s because the performances do the heavy lifting, effortlessly, while the material lays everything out too neatly. The mess of life, the anguish of what Mia is going through, deserves a clear-eyed exploration and a little less gloss. Read full review
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