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A Very Long Engagement (2004) - Critic Reviews - Page 4 of 5

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By Josh Bell (1,421) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 24 Dec 2004

A very entertaining film, full of warm moments and mellifluous charm, almost enough to make you wonder what that pesky war is doing in there anyway…

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By Joe Baltake (424) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 22 Dec 2004

War, it says, is what separates love from hate, life from death and the beautiful from the ugly -- and Jeunet's film says it with great invention…

Review of A Very Long Engagement (2004)

By Jeff Vice (1,455) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 22 Dec 2004

If you are among those feeling starved for an epic romance, this engaging, touching, drama-comedy- mystery fills the bill…

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By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 22 Dec 2004

In different hands, the story of Mathilde would play as solemn or tedious, but Jeunet peppers the script with moments of light, heart-achy humor…

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By Urban Cinefile Critics (1,069) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Dec 2004

This sweeping adaptation of Sébastien Japrisot's novel seduces visually and emotionally, with Audrey Tautou's enchanting Mathilde guiding us…

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By Phoebe Flowers (256) for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (746) on 21 Dec 2004

A breathtaking love story that never wallows too long in its own sweetness, A Very Long Engagement is firmly in touch with its dark side…

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By Betty Jo Tucker (725) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 18 Dec 2004

Worthy of admiration for its attempt to combine elements of adventure, mystery and romance in such a visually exciting package…

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By James Verniere (1,180) for Boston Herald (1,433) on 17 Dec 2004

Another chapter in one of modern filmmaking's most fruitful collaborations…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denver Rocky Mountain News (608) on 17 Dec 2004

A grand movie with pop-up book complexity and a lavish romantic spirit…

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By Geoff Pevere (572) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 17 Dec 2004

There's something hollow beneath its polished surface…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 17 Dec 2004

A Very Long Engagement works on its own terms, as a showcase for Tautou and as a reminder of the kind of beauty that movies, at their best,…

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By David Elliott (754) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 17 Dec 2004

[The film] sabotages itself conceptually and is too busy flashing its gaudy wares to quite tell a story…

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By Michael Booth (186) for Denver Post (1,096) on 17 Dec 2004

A Very Long Engagement gets better with each half-hour, and by the end has painted a moving portrait of hope, determination, tragedy and loss…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for PopMatters (2,617) on 17 Dec 2004

The memory of war -- collective and individual -- is at best a deterrent, at worst, a fantasy to fuel more of the same…

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By Richard Nilsen (100) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 16 Dec 2004

Artifice, this brilliantly handled, is its own excuse…

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By Philip Wuntch (283) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 16 Dec 2004

Right up to its haunting final scene, A Very Long Engagement will alternately shake you up and soothe you. And that's a very good combination…

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By Marcy Dermansky (134) for About.com (1,470) on 16 Dec 2004

Both a whimsical love story featuring, Amelié star Audrey Tautou at her most adorable, and a nitty-gritty depiction of the horrors of trench…

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By Mark Palermo (504) for The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (715) on 15 Dec 2004

The style's enchantment feels forced because the events it's supporting are alternately too serious and too banal…

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By Bruce Feld (62) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 08 Dec 2004

As ugly as the war sequences are, DP Bruno Delbonnel's lens is equally adept at capturing the life-affirming glory of France in all its lush…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Ebert & Roeper (629) on 30 Nov 2004

Visually it is one of the most impressive films of the year…

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