Rohmer's playful work is both witty and observant.
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09/24/09
Claire's Knee (1971)
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Reviews Counted:19
Fresh:18
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: In Eric Rohmer's CLAIRE'S KNEE, Jerome (Jean-Claude Brialy), a handsome diplomat on vacation in the scenic Alpine village of Talloires, is coaxed into doing a strange favor for his friend Aurora... [More]
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03/26/09
Top CriticDespite their constant chatter, the characters come alive without seeming too intellectual or too removed.
10/18/08
One of Rohmer's greatest expressions of male-female relationships.
11/15/07
Top CriticNo review available.
10/03/07
The film was rapturously received as a cinematic equivalent to Jane Austen at the time of its original release.
02/09/06
Top CriticNo review available.
06/28/05
The question at the center of this almost Shakespearean comedy is this: Why is it better to listen to our conscience in matters of love, rather than listen to our wayward, faithless heart?
01/15/05
Claire's Knee is a movie for people who still read good novels, care about good films, and think occasionally.
10/23/04
Top CriticNo review available.
10/17/03
No review available.
07/18/03
Touching and funny.
05/24/03
Top CriticComes very close to being a perfect movie of its kind.
05/20/03
Top CriticSomewhere between insulting and repulsive, Claire's Knee purports to be about love but comes across as little more than infantile.
04/03/03
Perhaps the director's best-known and best-liked film.
03/10/03
No review available.
02/14/03
A masterpiece.
01/17/03
There isn't much plot, just a lot of humanity and intelligence.
09/10/02
A charming French film about the tug-of-war between a man's structured beliefs and his desires.
03/13/02
The penultimate entry in Eric Rohmer's series of Six Moral Tales, and the loveliest, most crystalline of the lot.
01/01/00
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