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

  • 90
    Salon.com | Andrew O'Hehir

    You can't imagine a soapier setup, but Gilles' Wife taken on its own terms is a spectacular achievement, a heartbreaking cinematic work that finely balances melodrama, family love story and devastating tragedy. Read full review

  • 90
    Village Voice |

    Devos's performance is an expert workshop of internalized emotions and silent forbearance. Read full review

  • 90
    Variety | Lisa Nesselson

    Told primarily via body language and facial expressions with a minimum of dialogue, beautifully observed, emotionally intense tale is an ambitious and rewarding outing for Frederic Fonteyne. Read full review

  • 88
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Wilmington

    The ending is a stunner. Like those '30 classics it suggests, Gilles' Wife seduces us with true cinematic magic: rich characters, great acting and that rapturous old French blend of realism and theatricality. Read full review

  • 80
    The Onion A.V. Club | Scott Tobias

    An impeccable minimalist drama that's tailored specifically to Devos' expressive capabilities, which say more than the sparse dialogue. Read full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times |

    Suffused with a painterly tenderness and cruelty, the French film Gilles' Wife - based on a 1937 Belgian novel by Madeleine Bourdouxhe - stars the extraordinary actress Emmanuelle Devos. Read full review

  • 80
    L.A. Weekly | Ella Taylor

    All but a silent movie, Frdric Fonteyne's strikingly atmospheric film - adapted by Philippe Blasband and Marion Hnsel from a 1937 novel - relies on the extraordinarily mobile face of Emmanuelle Devos to express the pain of a woman who has no language for her inner turmoil. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    I was fascinated by the face of Emmanuelle Devos, and her face is specifically why I recommend the movie. Read full review

  • 75
    New York Daily News | Jami Bernard

    This is a lyrical art movie with admittedly limited commercial appeal, but worth seeing for cinematic explorers. Read full review

  • 70
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    Has an appealing surface beauty, largely due to the talented cinematographer Virginie Saint Martin, and an equally shallow mystery. Read full review

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