Fresh
Before long the movie -- as neatly constructed as it is -- isn't really behaving like a movie, but more like life, as it's lived by a fractious pair of empty nesters who find themselves at a crossroads.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Overview
Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. The film follows the couple as long-established tensions in their marriage break out in humorous and often painful ways.
Director and cast
- Roger Michell Director
- Jim Broadbent as Nick Burrows
- Lindsay Duncan as Meg Burrows
- Jeff Goldblum as Morgan
- Olly Alexander as Michael
- Sophie- Charlotte Husson as Plaza's Receptionist
- Brice Beaugier as Robert
- Xavier de Guillebon as Jean-Pierre Degremont
- Marie-France Alvarez as Victoire La Chapelle
- Charlotte Leo as Dominique Ertel
- Denis Sebbah as Christopher Aragues
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
Once the characters start explaining the sources of their unhappiness, the drama becomes less compelling, largely because their problems seem far from insurmountable.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Fresh
By its ambiguous yet hopeful end, we're at one with Nick and Meg: Sometimes, you just have to dance. Somehow, you go on.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
[It] lacks a solid plot or even much structure -- yet it works beautifully.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Fresh
Not exactly a breezy getaway, the film visits the sites, and drops down on rougher terrain, too.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
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