Alternately lighthearted and melancholy, it's a striking look at obsessional behavior.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
30 Oct 2001
fresh:
An early chapter of Demy's courtship with the provincial France of his youth, with the most bewitching generation of French actresses, and with movies.
– Michael Atkinson,
Village Voice,
27 Nov 2001
fresh:
[Moreau's] Jackie Demaistre is a mesmerizing, compulsively watchable performance, one of the few films roles you literally hold your breath watching.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar 2002
fresh:
Playing Jackie ... Moreau is one of the most watchable of screen goddesses.