The Adventures of Felix
WinStar Cinema | Release Date: June 15, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Boston GlobeLoren King
In this engaging, understated comedy, it is the journey and not the destination that matters.
80
New Times (L.A.)David Ehrenstein
A film whose surface charm never gets in the way of its profound seriousness about living life to the fullest -- especially when one knows it isn't going to be a terribly long one. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
An odyssey of self-discovery of much charm, humor and admirable subtlety. Read full review
80
Washington PostDesson Thomson
This French film has a breezy, documentary air that belies the important issues is raises. Read full review
80
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
Optimistically explores how vastly different people can come together, and how any journey is more about what happens along the way than simply getting from one place to another.
75
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Although the movie never so much as flirts with melodrama, there is still a bittersweet undercurrent. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Poignant, funny and clear-eyed about some tough topics: homophobia, racism, AIDS. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
It's a distinctly French feeling -- an air of caprice and light expectations -- and a perfect prologue to a delightful film. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMark Holcomb
A wafer-thin, sweetly sentimental picaresque with semiserious overtones. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Sectioned neatly into chapters with titles like "Mon petit frere" and "Ma mere," the film is perhaps a little too rigid, even by the conventions of road movies. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyPaul Malcolm
It would all be too obviously feel-good if Ducastel and Martineau weren't also tuned in to the liberating drift of the open highway and a sharp native humor that adds needed flesh and blood to their walking metaphors. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
Yes, this is the stuff of fiction, where individuals can drift in and out of another's life and make extraordinary, unbelievable things happen. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Perhaps simply discovering a film so dedicated to a different perspective is adventure enough. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
Sweet, funny, well-acted and nicely shot on locations in the south of France -- but on the dull side overall.
50
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Understated fun, but not much more. Read full review
40
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Makes its points gently; the picture presents its socially conscious messages as if they were written in the sand, on the beaches where Felix would probably prefer to frolic. Read full review
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