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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100TV Guide MagazineFrank LoveceTV Guide MagazineFrank LoveceA brilliant surrealistic joke about a group of friends whose attempts to dine are continually thwarted.
- 100Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrSlly, sublime, buoyant mischief that is virtually without parallel in 20th-century art, much less 20th-century film.
- 100SalonCharles TaylorSalonCharles TaylorThis has to be one of the most completely realized comedies ever made, and, in its odd way, one of the most civilized.
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittMovies don't come more original, inventive, or outlandishly entertaining.
- 90L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorIn the nearly 30 years since the movie was released (it won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1972), one forgets how falling-about-funny is this mad caper.
- 90Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanOne of the best titles in movie history and a cast to match.
- 88San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisIf there's a granddaddy of breezy situationalism, it's probably Buñuel.
- 88Philadelphia InquirerDesmond RyanPhiladelphia InquirerDesmond RyanA classic of subversive surrealism.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasFar from seeming dated, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie seems timelier than ever, downright prophetic, for that matter.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIt seems pompous and scattershot now -- a tweaking of privileged European smugness that unfolds with a playful daisy-chain logic but has the tone of a quaint, doddering lecture.