Romance
Trimark Pictures | Release Date: September 17, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
10
Negative:
7
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30
Dallas ObserverJean Oppenheimer
The fact that Romance was written and directed by a woman doesn't make the film any better; it simply makes it objectionable on other grounds. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Sex may, indeed, be all in the mind, but Romance fails to score in the mind's eye. Read full review
25
Baltimore SunAnn Hornaday
Catherine Breillat's pretentious, meandering, self-indulgent portrait of a libidinously deprived young woman is nothing more than pornography tricked out as feminist parable. Read full review
20
TimeRichard Corliss
It's mostly an ordeal--for actress and audience. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
As pretentious as it is hard-core specific, this fiercely anti-erotic film makes even the chilly "Eyes Wide Shut" play like "The Big Easy." Read full review
20
Film.comJohn Hartl
Exists in some kind of limbo, between hard-core porn and European art film, and it's not likely to satisfy fans of either. Read full review
0
TNT RoughCutChristopher Brandon
The film so strongly fixates on strange, explicit sexual acts that it forgoes any emotional (i.e. romantic) aspects of sex.
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