Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud Reviews
August 11, 2020
As is typical of many Sautet films, it's a master class of finely attenuated performances.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
September 7, 2011
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| Original Score: B+
July 25, 2005
Original Score: 3/5
April 9, 2005
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| Original Score: A-
May 20, 2003
Original Score: 3.5/4
December 23, 2002
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
September 4, 2002
Writer-director Sautet's great achievement is to introduce a world of undefinable impulses; the two actors' great achievement is to step into that world and experience them.
August 28, 2002
Impeccably performed psychodrama about the search for intimacy.
June 5, 2002
The film's structure and resolute lack of closure deeply subvert American expectations of how a movie should be, how a movie should work and how a story is told. But it's worth a look, however quizzical.
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| Original Score: 3/5
March 4, 2002
Takes a familiar French story of a May-December romance and renders it with unexpected nuance and uncommon wisdom.
January 1, 2000
It glows with sorrowful humor in its look at two people who seem just right for each other but don't have time on their side.
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| Original Score: 3/4
January 1, 2000
Sautet makes movies about the you that you think only you know.
January 1, 2000
Sautet avoids the pitfalls of the usual May-December romance by eschewing all the cliches.
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| Original Score: 4/4
January 1, 2000
These characters are so realistically drawn that I did not for a minute think I was observing actors, rather I was eavesdropping on real life.
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| Original Score: 3/4
January 1, 2000
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| Original Score: 3/5
January 1, 2000
[Sautet's] insights into human nature are revealing, if extremely subtle.
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| Original Score: 3/4
January 1, 2000
These are two great actors giving top-notch performances, and the restrained romance they project is fascinating.
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| Original Score: 3/4
January 1, 2000
It is a matter of great erotic fascination when two people are intrigued by the notion of becoming lovers, but are held back by the fear of rejection _and_ the fear of involvement.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
January 1, 2000
With a fine appreciation for the nuances of polite repression, Sautet makes a quiet, careful study of these two lonely people.
Original Score: 4/5
January 1, 2000
It's reserved, polished and challengingly intelligent.