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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Time Out LondonTime Out LondonIt’s Bruni Tedeschi’s sure grasp of the milieu – and in particular her acute understanding of the specific foibles of a rich, arty but out-of-touch class nostalgic for an earlier era – that makes the film a modest but surprisingly substantial delight.
- 60VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasBruni Tedeschi holds all of pic’s myriad tangents in a delicate balance, no single one ever rising to the fore, no pressure felt to wrap everything — or anything — up in a tidy package at the end.
- 58The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangFor every moment of comedy that lands or drama that touches a nerve, there are ten of “why the bloody hell should I bloody care?” or “cry me a river, you had to sell your Brueghel.”
- 30The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe jittery storytelling and indifference toward illuminating character or plot detail would already be tiresome even without the gratingly actor-y performances, the director herself being the main offender.
- 20The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawA strained jeu d'ésprit which is smug, precious, carelessly constructed, emotionally negligible, and above all fantastically annoying. It's a terrible waste of real acting talent.