The Fairy
Kino Lorber | Release Date: February 24, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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88
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsMay 4, 2012
Do yourself and your kids a favor. On the way to multiplex to see "The Avengers," tell them The Fairy is about an all-powerful superheroine. Someday, they'll find the words to thank you. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMay 3, 2012
One's enjoyment of The Fairy depends a lot on knowing why it's worth seeing. It's a comedy with two or three big laughs, but it's not side-splitting. Nor does it have a particularly compelling story. Its appeal is rather in watching people who have devised their own original style of comic performance and have taken it to a rare level of refinement. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrApr 19, 2012
The Fairy may be as close as we'll ever get to a live-action cartoon. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. MusettoFeb 24, 2012
This is the third feature by the three gifted stars, who deftly pull off hilarious, nearly wordless slapstick routines reminiscent of Jacques Tati, Buster Keaton and Jerry Lewis. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayFeb 22, 2012
For the most part, it's too dry and quirky to connect. Still, those gags are something. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeFeb 21, 2012
In The Fairy, Abel, Gordon and Romy have all of Le Havre as their playground. And now that the they've established the ideal format for their brand of comicbook-style humor, one can't help but wish they show the good sense to keep it at this level going forward. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAaron HillisFeb 21, 2012
While every scene is art-directed with zest and innovatively staged, The Fairy rarely inspires outright laughter. At least it respects its influences more than does "The Artist." Read full review
65
NPRMark JenkinsFeb 24, 2012
Deeply silly in a classic mode, The Fairy continues the French new wave of near-silent cinema. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineBill WeberFeb 21, 2012
Re-employing the tools of Jacques Tati and Jerry Lewis, this pleasant fable reclaims artful slapstick with a bliss that's hard to deny. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanFeb 23, 2012
The persistent whimsy gets a bit wearisome, but it's hard to dismiss any film so determined to make us happy. Read full review
60
Time OutDavid FearFeb 21, 2012
Deadpan clownishness is The Fairy's raison d'être and its superior mode; when the lovey-doveyness turns cloying and the atrophied message-mongering creeps in, you wish the threesome knew when to keep their traps shut. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisFeb 23, 2012
An alternately effortless and forced French-language diversion. Read full review
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