It's always a delight to see the latest installment in Eric Rohmer's decades-long sequence of talky, almost actionless pictures about the romantic and ethical dilemmas of young French people.
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01/01/00
A Summer's Tale (1996)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:12
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: A shy young man named Gaspard (Poupaud) takes a vacation in a small village of Normandy, France, to meet his girlfriend Lena. During an unsuccessful attempt to locate Lena, he meets Margot... [More]
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At the age of 76, filmmaker Eric Rohmer probably has a better understanding of young love than most young lovers do.
02/14/01
Top CriticDemonstrates French writer and director Eric Rohmer's penchant for exploring all the nuances of dating and sexual politics.
03/16/02
A beautiful and bittersweet romantic comedy from the evergreen French writer/director.
08/03/05
It's the kind of vaguely philosophical travelogue/not-exactly-love story audiences are virtually guaranteed to find either exotically fascinating or utterly interminable.
01/01/00
Poupaud may come off as callow and timid... but Rohmer seems to suggest that his youthful mistakes will make him a better man, a typically generous, hopeful, and convincing sentiment in a disarmingly winning film.
08/15/06
Rohmer has made an enjoyable comedy from this slight story.
06/05/02
The typically Rohmeresque talk, talk, talk is fetchingly photographed, though, and acted with unassuming charm by a fresh young cast. It's minor fun.
04/17/02
Curiously haunting, this film, yet it defies easy labels.
01/01/00
Those who are patient enough to persevere through the seemingly endless rambling conversations will catch snippets of intelligent repartee that make the film interesting and worthwhile.
11/13/01
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