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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe Stein

    That the film succeeds as well as it does despite a series of coincidences that strain credibility is a credit to a fine cast and a joie de vivre that pervades even the most implausible moments. Read full review

  • 70
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    Avenue Montaigne is a bonbon, not a bouillabaisse. But because this is finally a film about desire, it carries a bittersweet tang. Read full review

  • 70
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    Avenue Montaigne transforms an overwhelming metropolis into a user-friendly village with quirkily appealing characters. Read full review

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    Bookending the film is the relationship between Jessica and the grandmother who raised her. This role is delightfully played by Suzanne Flon, who recently died at age 87. The film is dedicated to the veteran actress. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety | Lisa Nesselson

    A well-oiled script is nicely served by a multigenerational cast, a bittersweet and consistently entertaining mainstream comedy that tackles the big themes of Life and Art with unpretentious brio. Read full review

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    Avenue Montaigne may not be a centimeter deeper than it needs to be, but you also won't be feeling that your pocket was picked when it's over. Read full review

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    For Yank color in her soap-bubbly movie, director Daniele Thompson has her pal Sydney Pollack appear as...a famous director. Read full review

  • 63
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea

    Has a breezy, Altmanesque air, as it tracks the mini-dramas of its crisscrossing characters. Read full review

  • 50
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    Aside from pretty people behaving cutely, there's just not much here, and even devoted Francophiles may nod into their cafe crmes. Read full review

  • 50
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    It's formula stuff, to be sure, but full of feeling for the sweep of the past as well as for the unsettled, yearning present. Read full review

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