Fresh
Mr. Rohmer's films look like no one else's. They are direct and clean, the movie equivalent to prose that dispenses with adjectives and adverbs.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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A Tale of Springtime
Overview
The story of an introverted young girl just reaching adulthood who takes a liking to an older woman she meets at a party and determines to match her off with her father, despite the latter's already having a lover of his own.
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Tomatometer
Fresh
We can recognized the rhythms of real life, in which personal drama sometimes has to wait while we attend to routine duties.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
A Tale of Springtime presents a rare and wonderful opportunity to discover a trio of multidimensional cinematic characters. Once you've been introduced, you won't want to be parted from them, whether or not Springtime ends.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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