So-so CATHERINE DENEVUE ADVOCATES WILL SURRENDER TO THE LURE OF A MUSICAL THAT FAILS TO ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE. by Peneflix Never enamored with the sobriquet "chick flick"; admittedly there are films that fall into that genre. "Beloved" garnishes a slot. It is French Marshmallow Fluff; vanilla, sickeningly saccharine,...
88 Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea Beloved spans 45 years, shifting from Paris to Prague to London to Montreal, and it boasts an especially strong performance by Paul Schneider. Read full review
80 Empire | David Hughes Christophe Honoré goes epic in a tale of interlocking lives that owes a debt to Jacques Demy. It won't be to everyone's taste but it's playful enough to win us over. Read full review
75 San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle It's as if he has been trying to express something, or to make his own particular kind of good movie, for 10 whole years. Now he has. Read full review
75 Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan By the time it glides -- not lumbers -- to the closing credits, it's also amazingly moving. Read full review