On a Magical Night

Name: On a Magical Night
Genre: Comedy
Released: May 8, 2020
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 53
Cast: Benjamin Biolay, Camille Cottin, Carole Bouquet, Charlie Morgan, Chiara Mastroianni

2020

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Strand Releasing | Release Date (Streaming): May 8, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Benjamin Biolay, Camille Cottin, Carole Bouquet, Charlie Morgan, Chiara Mastroianni, Claire Johnston, Harrison Arevalo, Kolia Abiteboul, Marie-Christine Adam, Stéphane Roger, Vincent Lacoste

Summary: After a heated argument with her husband of 20 years, Maria, a woman with a wandering eye, spends the night in room 212 of the hotel across the street from their home. There, she has a bird’s eye view of her apartment, her husband, and her marriage. In this comic romp from writer-director Christophe Honoré, she confronts her past lovers andAfter a heated argument with her husband of 20 years, Maria, a woman with a wandering eye, spends the night in room 212 of the hotel across the street from their home. There, she has a bird’s eye view of her apartment, her husband, and her marriage. In this comic romp from writer-director Christophe Honoré, she confronts her past lovers and relationships on one magical night, fantasizing about the lives she could’ve lived and wondering if she’s made the right decisions.… Expand

Director: Christophe Honoré

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 86 min

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Allan Hunter

May 25, 2019

Beneath the impish, inventive surface of On A Magical Night lies real emotions around loyalty, devotion and how to ensure love never dies. It is a film as charming as it is touching. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

May 6, 2020

Despite its welcome breezy and surreal qualities, On A Magical Night has more psychological shortcuts than insights. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

May 6, 2020

On a Magical Night is a fanciful tale of marriage and its malcontents; a muted sex farce that unfolds like an overwhelmingly French twist on “A Christmas Carol” for people who are sick of their spouses. Read full review

Stephen Dalton

May 25, 2019

Breezy and bright, with the stylized look and feel of a stage play, Honore’s bubbly bottle of cinematic champagne runs out of fizz somewhere around its midway point. Even so, there are still enjoyably shallow pleasures to be savored here. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Tomris Laffly

May 8, 2020

The film offers some simple-minded insights into the myth of the happily-ever-after, and a dash of nonchalant French charisma. But the whole thing is only as original as a dull midlife crisis, retrofitted into a whimsical screwball mold that feels miscalculated. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

May 7, 2020

Despite the fantastic premise and the ostensibly comedic bits of business Honoré strews throughout (pay attention to the changing marquee of the cinema on the street where both Maria’s apartment and the hotel are), the movie’s treatment of its themes still too often lists toward a near-ponderous solemnity. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

May 27, 2020

Basically a meaner French version of schmaltzy Matthew McConaughey romcom "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" (itself one of the worst adaptations of A Christmas Carol) mixed with a French bedroom farce, On a Magical Night shackles itself, as if with Marley's chains, to a thoroughly unlikable protagonist. Read full review

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