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Le Divorce

2003

James Ivory

Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Leslie Caron, Stockard Channing ...

4.4

2,245

Romance. Comedy. Drama Isabel Walker (Kate Hudson) is a quintessential young Californian, newly arrived in Paris to visit her pregnant sister, Roxeanne (Naomi Watts). A darkly romantic poet, Roxy has just been jilted by her scoundrel husband, Charles-Henri de Persand, and it appears they are headed for “le divorce.” Meanwhile, Isabel leaps into l’amour with a married French diplomat who happens to be the uncle of Roxy’s soon-to-be-ex. As scandal ensues, the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"A sophisticated and knowledgeable portrait of values in collision (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"A bonbon spiked with delicious wit and malice (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Neil Smith BBC	"Veers erratically between sugar-coated romance, broad farce, and risible melodrama."	NEG
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"The virtue of Ms. Johnson's novel lay not in its profundity -- a comedy of manners is by definition an affair of surfaces -- but in its sparkle and its speed, qualities notably lacking in Mr. Ivory's direction."	NEU
United States	Rex Reed The New York Observer	"A delightful blend of American sensibility and French chaos in a movie that is sunny, surprising and consistently entertaining."	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"Should have been a smart bit of cinematic froth but instead sinks like an overworked souffle."	NEG

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