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French Exit

2020

Azazel Jacobs

Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Valerie Mahaffey ...

4.9

549

Drama. Comedy A Manhattan socialite widow living on what's barely left of her inheritance moves to a small apartment in Paris with her son and her cat.

	Author	Review
United States	Jon Frosch The Hollywood Reporter	"Pfeiffer's performance in this uneven but charming adaptation of Patrick deWitt's 2018 novel certainly isn't her subtlest, but it ranks among her most captivatingly Pfeiffer-ian."	POS
United States	Tomris Laffly The Playlist	"Like 'French Exit' itself, Pfeiffer is a vision: chilly and distant at first, but deeply, even painfully relatable in the aftermath to anyone preoccupied with a future of unknowns"	POS
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"Michelle Pfeiffer can't save disastrous sinking souffle (...) an irritating and indulgent story (...) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Christy Lemire rogerebert.com	"Pfeiffer’s steely presence anchors the proceedings (...) Mahaffey remains a charmer. The bond between Pfeiffer and Coyne feels deep and true (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"The most pretentious movie of all time (...) A comedy that, from start to finish, is determined to be cold and off-putting (...) Of course, the No. 1 reason to watch 'French Exit' is Pfeiffer (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"Michelle Pfeiffer makes a clean break, delivering the role for which she’ll be remembered"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges outshine a sleepy transatlantic satire (...) feels like a hyper-literate Aki Kaurismäki comedy one minute, and the silliest thing that Whit Stillman never made the next."	NEU
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"A showcase for Pfeiffer (...) a classy chamber comedy that enjoys flirting with unpleasant black humor."	POS
United States	Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"[It] never quite finds its equilibrium between champagne-problems fizz and the darker threads of melancholy running through it."	NEU
United Kingdom	Hanna Flint Empire	"'French Exit' boasts an assured cast but drab direction and lazy writing ensure the characters are never as eccentric, cutting or interesting as the film’s tinkling score would have you believe (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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