Marius and Jeannette (1997)

[A] wobbly neo-political love yarn.

...heartfelt and poetic...

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.

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...a tender, humorous and sometimes biting commentary on the lives of the people with whom he[Guediguian] feels comfortable.

If you're easily charmed by stories featuring nutty folks playing Cupid for troubled lovers, you may find this French comedy enchanting. If eccentricity alone doesn't usually persuade you to buy a ticket, 'Marius' is 102 missable minutes.

[I]f this low-key charmer has a fault, it's that there are so many interesting and fully developed characters that any one of them could have held an entire movie.