Review of Populaire (2012) by Pearl I — 20 Feb 2015

Gorgeous sets, costumes; cool period piece.

This review of Populaire (2012) was written by Pearl I on 20 Feb 2015.

Populaire has generally received positive reviews.

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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 31 Oct 2017

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By Florence N (19) on 16 Oct 2013

I don't usually like romantic comedies but this is more of a throwback to the more tolerable ones from 50+ ago so I was able to get into it…

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Populaire plays like a musical - you expect anyone, at any time, to break into song…

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Despite hard-working performances and the occasional sexual frisson from ingénue Déborah François (a kind of French Renée Zellweger) and…

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By Walter V. Addiego (363) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 11 Sep 2013

Is this remake really necessary? Maybe not, but to worry about that is to risk missing out on a lot of fun…

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By Paulina A (153) on 14 Sep 2013

Definetely my new favourite one! I loved it! The script is great, the story as well and the performances even better…

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By Jocelyn L (37) on 04 Aug 2015

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 25 Sep 2013

It's neatly formatted, but if there's a message in the margins of this manuscript, Populaire doesn't spell it out…

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