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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneThe film enables us to feel the emotional weight of a posthumous letter precisely because we can only imagine its contents.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLos Angeles TimesKatie WalshIt's illuminating to see Huppert and Depardieu in a different mode, and Huppert brings a delicate physical and emotional fragility to her role. These two are fantastic, and they're fantastic together.
- 70The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisThis movie is finally only about Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu, and that’s enough.
- 70Screen DailyAllan HunterScreen DailyAllan HunterThe affectionate rapport between the actors and their characters is evident in every scene and manages to transport the wary viewer through an odd but not unappealing mixture of mystical road movie and family psychodrama.
- 67The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloValley Of Love is at its best when it wanders away from its ostensible premise and just lets two old pros connect, riffing lightly on our knowledge of their real-life histories.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJon FroschThe Hollywood ReporterJon FroschA flawed but affecting two-hander that intrigues and frustrates in nearly equal measure.
- 42The PlaylistOliver LytteltonThe PlaylistOliver LytteltonA film as mercurial as this can be an impressive thing, but the back half is so filled with half-baked metaphysics, pseudo-Lynchian maybe-dreams, and a sour, cheap conclusion that feels nihilistically cruel to at least one of its characters, that even the pleasures of watching the actors on screen start to fade away.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThis movie doesn’t really follow through with its own ideas, either in the natural realm of the ageing couple’s relationship or the supernatural arena of an eerily possible apparition.
- 30Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonIsabelle and Gérard's regrets and laments about their parenting skills betray no bone-deep rue or shame but are delivered with all the conviction of two luminaries merely running their lines.