Fresh
Assayas' script is more allusive than demonstrative, with a distinct whiff of Eric Rohmer in its conversational blocks separated by fadeouts.
Derek Elley, Variety
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Summer Hours
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After the death of a septuagenarian woman, her three children deliberate over what to do with her estate.
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94%
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Fresh
n Summer Hours, Olivier Assayas's gently provocative rumination on family and possessions, a trio of siblings wrestles with the problem of what to do with the old homestead once Mother is gone.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Fresh
Evocative look at a family trying to decide what to do with its treasures.
Ray Bennett, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
Where a Hollywood film of a family feuding over a fabulous estate would surely end with a slapped face and an infantry charge of lawyers, Assayas's work concludes with a smile and a shrug. Life goes on. What else can it do?
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Performances in this small and profoundly eloquent film are superb, yet none redirects attention from Assayas's earnest meditation on the ravaging effects of a shrinking world on family traditions and entrenched personal relationships.
Greg Quill, Toronto Star
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