Fresh
Miller crafts a warmly, but not entirely optimistic fable about the salutary power of lazy afternoons, meals taken at dusk beneath outdoor tents and, ultimately, of moviemaking itself.
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly
Overview
This film, loosely inspired by Anton Chekov's The Seagull, weaves a story about sex, family and the business of making films. When the young and overly sensitive filmmaker Julien screens his new DV art-film starring his girlfriend Lili (Swimming Pool's Ludivine Sagnier) --a sexy young local girl--to his famous actress mother Mado, and her lover Brice, an accomplished film director, an unraveling of the delicate peace in their house begins. The graceful beauty Lili, who dreams of becoming a famous actress like Mado, is immediately fascinated by Brice, who gladly falls prey to her charms.
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68%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A film that adapts the basic Russian classic and then breaks away in more ways than just the setting.
Marta Barber, Miami Herald
Fresh
Miller, a French director of dry humor and great skill, has taken the Chekhov outline and updated it to present-day France, substituting the cinema for literature.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Like the play, it's acutely perceptive, universally empathetic and humane.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
Talky, pointless exercise.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
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