74
Metascore
16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- The film toys with the idea that your identity is determined not by where you're from but where you find love. It's an intriguing theory that makes the otherwise simple movie seem more complex and frequently affecting.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe two are unlikely compadres — no Hope and Crosby, just a couple of average guys walking, talking, and looking for the love of good women. But Poirier establishes an attractive, believable friendship between the immigrants.
- 80The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinA funny, romantic film filled with cozy intimacies and lovely, wide-screen images of the French countryside.
- 80Time OutGeoff AndrewTime OutGeoff AndrewModest, but immensely engaging.
- 78Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovMany have already heralded Poirier as the cutting edge of the new French cinema, and while that may be overstating things a bit, it's worth noting that this is a road movie unlike any other you've yet seen.
- 75San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackDirector Manuel Poirier (Antonio's Girlfriend) is easygoing in the way he uses Paco and Nino to poke through veneers of machismo.
- 70VarietyLisa NesselsonVarietyLisa NesselsonViewers who don’t share the director’s obvious affection for his often funny characters will find the pic too long and too diffuse, but its cumulative rewards are ample.
- 70Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumA rambling but ultimately rather affecting comedy-drama by a talented filmmaker who's almost completely unknown here, this has a deft feel for lower-middle-class life in rural France that registered strongly on its home front.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe same material, filmed in America, might seem thin and contrived; the adventures are arbitrary, the cuteness of the men grows wearing, and when Nino has an accident with a chainsaw, we can see contrivance shading off into desperation.
- 40Film ThreatFilm ThreatGo see Western because the first 98% is sly, endearing, and clever fun. As for the ending, do what you did for Aliens III and/or IV: just pretend it never happened.