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Movie Overview
Cast
• Sabine Azema
• Lambert Wilson
• André Dussollier
Director
• Alain Resnais
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Private Fears in Public Places (2007)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 93% Fresh
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4.5/5
"Spring surely follows winter, but there is no sign of a coming thaw in this bleakly melancholic comedy of manners and mortality."  Film4  Anton Bitel

4/5
"the filmmaker's best work since 1977's Providence"  Filmcritic.com  Chris Cabin

A-
"A feast for the eyes."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

"The story is modern in treating the current malaise of loneliness in this era of collapsed traditional bonds of family, church and hierarchy."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Donald J. Levit

"A graceful roundelay of disconnection"  CinePassion  Fernando F. Croce

4/5
"Stylish and sensitive rendering of the loneliness of six Parisians and their furtive quests for love."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3/4
"A masterful trifle."  Slant Magazine  Keith Uhlich

3/5
"Perhaps [Resnais'] most empathetic film"  Film-Forward.com  Kent Turner

3/4
"Arditi and Azema stand out in this powerhouse ensemble and share one of its loveliest and saddest moments, gently holding hands in the snow."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

"Oh, I know I'm supposed to be ecstatic because it's from French New Wave director Alain Resnais, but all I can think is that it should be called Six Characters in Search of a Reason Why I Should Care."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

3.5/5
"Warm and wry, funny and sad, cute and complicated."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

8/10
"An eminently peaceful portrait of love and loss inviting the audience into the emotional inner workings of a snowy and somber Paris."  Monsters and Critics  Ron Wilkinson

9/10
"A gentle look at the pain of loneliness that almost all of us feel from time to time."  Antagony & Ecstasy  Tim Brayton

"Click here to see review"  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf

Read review  Stylus Magazine  Bill Weber
OFCS Rating: 93% Fresh
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