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Chéri

2009 · 1h 26m · R Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by Stephen Frears

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A sumptuous dramatic comedy set in late 19th Century France, during the Belle Epoque, a period of social and cultural excess in European upper classes which ended only as the First World War erupted.

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Rotten

A movie like Cheri needs the time and space of The Age of Innocence. Instead, it's rushed along in an hour and 40 minutes.

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Fresh

It's the kind of refined, delicate acting Pfeiffer does so well, and it's a further reminder of how much we've missed her since she's been away.

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

These two lovebirds are playfully mismatched, and that's just why they fall for each other.

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten

Cheri is a serviceable period piece, but not much more.

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Rotten

Michelle Pfeiffer is quite good, but the script leaves Kathy Bates -- talented as she is -- with a bit of a cartoonish performance.

Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies

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