Review of A Very Long Engagement (2004) by Michelle T — 13 Apr 2009

So delightful. And WTF? Is there anything Jodi Foster can't do? She can speak Chicken Franchaise like that?!

This review of A Very Long Engagement (2004) was written by Michelle T on 13 Apr 2009.

A Very Long Engagement has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of A Very Long Engagement

Review of A Very Long Engagement (2004)

By Michael Ferraro (107) for Film Threat (5,156) on 12 Dec 2014

The film is near perfect in its attempt to properly mix the irrationality of war in with an interesting love story…

Read Review

Review of A Very Long Engagement (2004)

By Alex K (2,253) on 03 Dec 2013

My Favorite Film Is 1941's Citizen Kane…

Read Review

Review of A Very Long Engagement (2004)

By Algitya P (59) on 10 Apr 2014

The arrangement of the narration annoyed me. But this picture had it's every moment that unforgettably satisfying…

Read Review

Review of A Very Long Engagement (2004)

By Michael M (3,845) on 08 Nov 2012

A very long, yet very engaging movie…

Read Review

Review of A Very Long Engagement (2004)

By Ella Taylor (978) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 25 Nov 2013

Shuttles between schoolboy humor, calculated savagery and, at the end, a rank sentimentalism in which love all too easily conquers all…

Read Review

Review of A Very Long Engagement (2004)

By Ron M (188) on 29 Apr 2017

Director Jeunet tones down the quirkiness enough to make this a moving, engaging film about serious topics while still injecting it with enough…

Read Review

Review of A Very Long Engagement (2004)

By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 18 May 2013

Only when Jodie Foster materializes midstory, delivering a beautiful, pocket-size performance as the mistress of one of the condemned men,…

Read Review

Review of A Very Long Engagement (2004)

By Lex J (55) on 06 Jun 2014

Au-delà du personnage principal extrêmement irritant et du filtre sépia constant et fatigant, Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles pêche surtout…

Read Review

Review of A Very Long Engagement (2004)

By Alexander P (1,095) on 11 Nov 2012

Another superb film from Jeunet, heartwarming, exciting and an amazing script. Beautifully crafted and emotional from the first scene…

Read Review

Review of A Very Long Engagement (2004)

By Lisa Y (115) on 08 Nov 2012

Great story, I loved it the whole way through. has two downsides, it's in french , but thank god for SUBTITLES IN ENGLISH…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

By Gena B (23) on 26 Apr 2009

Not good. The main appeal of a Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan film is to SEE THEM BEING CUTE TOGETHER…

Read Review

Review of Love in the Afternoon (1957)

By Walter Chaw (1,360) for Film Freak Central (1,643) on 27 Jun 2010

A nigh interminable flick short on laughs and long on awful montages and self-satisfaction…

Read Review

Review of Irreversible (2002)

By Joshua Tanzer (113) for Offoffoff (113) on 10 Mar 2003

Likely the worst movie of the year, Irreversible exhibits fascist, gay-bashing tendencies, goes backwards for no reason, dizzies you with aimless…

Read Review

Review of Apocalypto (2006)

By James Rocchi (1,075) for Cinematical (752) on 07 Dec 2006

…

Read Review

Review of Silver City (2004)

By Chris B (2,902) on 21 Sep 2006

This comedic political satire had the potential to work but unfortunately it ends up being a flat, unfunny, overlong and a boring mess…

Read Review

Review of Ninotchka (1939)

By Simon D (1,648) on 01 Nov 2015

Now, here you have a perfect example of one of those films which all the critics consider a classic comedy but you have to ask yourself, how…

Read Review

Review of Pandora's Box (1929)

By Rachel G (314) on 30 Nov 2007

Terribly long, and the story is confusing. Also, the music doesn't fit the scenes it accompanies at all…

Read Review

Review of Doctor Zhivago (1965)

By Michelle L (396) on 18 Sep 2010

This movie was extremely long and slow…

Read Review

Review of Shanghai Express (1932)

By Robert Herring (2) for The Guardian (2,969) on 09 Jun 1981

This melodrama the director weakens by mistaking postponement of event for suspense…

Read Review

Review of Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

By Broyax (884) on 10 Jun 2022

Je ne crois pas que ce livre (qui remonte au XVIIIème siècle) soit vraiment adaptable, ni au théâtre, ni au grand écran… ni ailleurs,…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

Terrifier 2

2022

64%48 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews