90
Metascore
4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The New YorkerRichard BrodyThe New YorkerRichard BrodyHer rhapsodic tribute to the teeming artistic apprenticeship that Paris soon offered her isn’t solely a vision of beauty: she also observed, and unsparingly recalls, the political and social ugliness with which she was confronted during her time there.
- 90VarietyJay WeissbergVarietyJay WeissbergOttinger takes us through this formative time of her life in a way that deftly balances past and present to paint a picture of a threshold era of both positives and negatives.
- 90The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThe filmmaker has what seems like a torrent of anecdotes and attendant ideas to impart, but the movie never feels rushed.
- 75Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneWhile Ulrike Ottinger accesses the most consequential of decades through nostalgia, she does so with humility.