A smart, arch and rather cold-blooded comedy.

A movie that is not only achingly funny but also full of serious and philosophical truisms.

Viewers need only a willingness to have fun and not mind when they realize the movie was never intended to be profound. Full Frontal is merely human, funny and unusual -- and that's enough.

At times, it actually hurts to watch.

Promised to be the season's thoughtful action picture, turns out to have few thoughts and no thrills.

An elegant study in perversity.

Fascinating.

Keenly observed and refreshingly natural.

It's really just old- fashioned melodrama, dressed up with lustrous cinematography and a few nods to history.

Business intrudes on art.

Nearly unbearable.

It's a respectable B- movie -- airy, inconsequential and a little too cute at times, but fairly entertaining all the same.

This summer's comic gem.

Walks a sometimes-shaky line between tenderness and schmaltz.

The movie gradually works its way, with quiet intelligence and apparent conviction, until there's no turning from it. An hour in, and we're on that boat.

Enthralling, entertaining feature.

May hit a few wrong notes, but it strikes an emotional chord.

Witty, adult treatment of an offbeat subject: a pubescent boy's infatuation with an older woman.

Has a smart mix of things going for it, including a self-effacing sense of humor.

Requires some patience. Once you get into its rhythm -- including the long flashbacks and intermittent use of the screen as an Internet chat room -- the movie becomes a heady experience.

Gainsbourg's character seems too sweet to be true until she tangles with her onscreen director over nudity. The fire Gainsbourg brings to the scene suggests she's had similar battles.

Seeing it is a time-bending experience, a way of visiting the past and glimpsing the past's idea of the future. A masterpiece of art direction, the movie has influenced our vision of the future ever since, with its imposing white monoliths and starched facades.

Has a weirdly divided structure that alternates Irwin's nature segments with clumsy dramatic footage set in the CIA.

Glorious moments aplenty despite director who's just in the way.

Truly awful.

Goes nowhere.

A wretched comedy about middle-aged romance.

Cheesy.