Jules and Jim Reviews

Along with Godard's Breathless, François Truffaut's Jules et Jim is probably the essential French New Wave film -- and it's possibly even more essential.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

Truffaut's masterpiece is one of the best dissections of that uniquely French concept, menage a trois, with a definitive performance of Jeanne Moreau at the center; his love for the film medium is evident in every frame of this tragic yet giddy romance

Full Review | Original Score: A

The acting by the three stars is superb, though this is ultimately Jeanne Moreau's film.

Full Review | Original Score: A

More than 40 years old, François Truffaut's whirling dervish remains an ageless beauty.

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With this 1961 film Truffaut comes closest to the spirit and sublimity of his mentor, Jean Renoir, and the result is a masterpiece of the New Wave.

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Truffaut's third film may not look the masterpiece it seemed 40-odd years ago, but it remains one of his most enjoyable movies.

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There is new beauty in what Truffaut is trying to show us, an exquisiteness that..forever alter[ed] the face of cinema.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

Jules and Jim is sad yet humorous, breathless yet contemplative, universal yet hermetic.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

This breezy yet complicated look at maybe the most famous menage a trois modern history has known is Trauffaut's finest moment.

| Original Score: 5/5

There is joy in the filmmaking that feels fresh today and felt audacious at the time.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

Far too cute and ridiculous for its own good, yet riddled with so many strong points that it can't be overlooked.

| Original Score: 3/5

To put it quickly and crisply, it is charming, exciting and sad.

| Original Score: 4/5

A beautifully shot, fun romp that isn't afraid to question received ideals of morality and find them wanting.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

It may not resemble reality in any way, but it's certainly romantic.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

This story of a lover's triangle of sorts is as alive today as it was when it was filmed.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

An energetic and cinematic, but ultimately frustrating, attempt to breathe new life into that most hackneyed of plot devices: the love triangle.

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A painfully moving story about uncompromising friendship and uncontrollable love.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

The films works in ways that touch the heart more than the mind.

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Truffaut's filmmaking revolve[s] around the great Moreau, who returns the compliment with one of the most memorable performances in screen history.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5