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Viewers coming to this film without having seen the others would have no problem following the action; whether they'd care about it is another question.
John DeFore, Washington Post
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Chinese Puzzle
Overview
Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.
Director and cast
- Cédric Klapisch Director
- Romain Duris as Xavier Rousseau
- Audrey Tautou as Martine
- Cécile de France as Isabelle
- Kelly Reilly as Wendy
- Sandrine Holt as Ju
- Flore Bonaventura as Isabelle
- Jochen Hägele as les philosophes allemands
- Benoît Jacquot as Xavier's Dad
- Martine Demaret as Xavier's Mom
- Li Jun Li as Nancy
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A hectic, convoluted French comedy about a Parisian novelist and the three women in his life.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
An amiably daffy look at perpetual adolescence, French-style.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
Once the story picks up, it's easy, breezy and enjoyable. It seduces you into thinking: Wouldn't it be fun to reconnect with Xavier in another five years or so?
Mary Houlihan, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
The film flits from one subplot to another and not in that delightfully freewheeling European kind of way.
Barbara VanDenburgh, Arizona Republic
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