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Marius and Jeannette (1997)

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Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 3

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Average Rating: 3.5/5
User Ratings: 78

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Romance unexpectedly blossoms between a middle-aged single mother and an unassuming security guard in this disarming tale helmed by Robert Guediguian. Fiery Jeanette (Ariane Ascaride) is eking out a living as a supermarket cashier and trying to raise two children by herself -- until her temper gets her axed. When she meets lonely Marius (Gerard Meylan), they're drawn to each other, but their emotional baggage keeps them from making a commitment.

Sep 19, 2006

All Critics (28) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (8) | DVD (2)

A charming, easygoing portrait of a bunch of characters in a Marseilles neighborhood...

February 21, 2001 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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...irresistible...

February 21, 2001 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
Los Angeles Times
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The environment is squalid, the politics naive, the humor fey (and not funny), the narrative barely there.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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...Mr. Guédiguian sees the courage and hope in such everyday vignettes, and treats his characters with heartfelt admiration.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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Guediguian is a smooth enough director, but it's his casting and some episodes in the screenplay that transfix us.

January 1, 2000 Comment
New Republic
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There's no question that Jeannette is a richly imagined character, and Ascariade knows exactly how to capture all her moods. But the other people here are largely defined by a trait or two or a political statement.

January 1, 2000 Comment
Film.com
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a study of the difficulties working-class love faces when confronted with unemployment, past betrayals, and a deteriorating social structure

August 30, 2005 Full Review | Comment
Critics Inc./America Online

The film is heavy with political subtext, but the plot is lukewarm comedy.

November 5, 2002 Full Review | Comment
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A masterfully directed French film about a love affair between two middle-aged people.

March 4, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | Comment
Spirituality and Practice

...a thinly disguised fable about the superiority of 'the simple life,' but ultimately it says nothing.

December 30, 2001 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Filmcritic.com

The key quality of Guediguian's film is a deep sensitivity to the characters and to the pressures of the French working-class where life can be a daily struggle.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | Comment
Boxoffice Magazine

[A] wobbly neo-political love yarn.

January 1, 2000 Comment
Jam! Movies

Guédiguian succeeds by creating a simple story about a couple in love while remaining faithful to his ideal of setting an optimistic film against a realistic background.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Cinephiles | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Marius and Jeannette

It's delightful to see this particular visual style, as used in Delicatessen, actually work for a change. Although I still think there would be much better solutions out there than this dully colorful thing. Anyhow, Jeunet & Caro have made a masterful dark absurd comedy. But it does get too messy towards the end.

July 10, 2005
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