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

  • 100
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    A period chamber drama drawn from a Joseph Conrad short story and of such intensity and passion that it transcends a specificity of time and place to achieve timelessness and universality. Read full review

  • 100
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    Together with his extraordinary performers, Mr. Chreau breathes life into characters who long ago set a course for death. Read full review

  • 90
    Salon.com | Andrew O'Hehir

    A haunting and riveting work, unlike anything else you can see at the movies and as such an explicit challenge to the unambitious, anesthetic character of most contemporary cinema. But is it easy, or delightful, or fun? It is not. Read full review

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Greggory anchors Gabrielle in manly bewilderment and rage, while Huppert claws the title character's way to self-awareness. Read full review

  • 80
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    Huppert and Greggory provide the emotional impact. They respond accordingly, imbuing their mutual suffering with an exacting and moving finesse. Read full review

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    The film's impact has a lot to do with Fabio Vacchi's original score, which is both plaintive and coldly modernist, with echoes of Charles Ives. Read full review

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter |

    Gabrielle inspires mixed feelings; it is dialogue heavy but a treat for the eye. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety | Derek Elley

    Though it won't appeal to everyone, the concoction actually works, thanks to Huppert and Greggory's powerful negative chemistry. Read full review

  • 63
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    Chereau keeps us locked inside their suffocatingly unhappy home, making for an intensely theatrical chamber piece. Read full review

  • 63
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    The catch in Gabrielle is that the audience pays as well. Read full review

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