Fresh
Tautou, as always, makes this an enchanting trip.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
A Very Long Engagement
Never let go.
2004 · 2h 13m · R
Drama, Romance, War
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Overview
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.
Director and cast
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet Director
- Audrey Tautou as Mathilde
- Gaspard Ulliel as Manech
- Dominique Pinon as Sylvain
- Chantal Neuwirth as Bénédicte
- André Dussollier as Pierre-Marie Rouvières
- Ticky Holgado as Germain Pire
- Marion Cotillard as Tina Lombardi
- Dominique Bettenfeld as Ange Bassignano
- Jodie Foster as Elodie Gordes
- Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Benjamin Gordes
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
79%
Tomatometer
Rotten
There's only so much candy the eye can consume before nausea sets in.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh
This is grand cinema.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Rotten
The comic-dramatic divide of A Very Long Engagement is difficult to traverse, much less conquer. It's simply hard to be charmed with all those corpses scattered about.
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Fresh
Merging heart-wrenching emotions with quirky humor and splicing bloody war footage with goofy comedy, the movie mixes vastly disparate elements into a surprisingly smooth blend.
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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