It is as though Truffaut has drawn on everything he knows about cinema to express unshakable loyalty to the written word.

| Jul 6, 2018

Even at the science-fiction horror-story level, the movie fails -- partly, I think, because Truffaut is too much of an artist to exploit the vulgar possibilities in the material.

| Aug 30, 2012

This 1966 film often looks good (it was Truffaut's first in color, photographed by Nicolas Roeg), but the ideas, such as they are, get lost in the meandering narrative.

| Jun 5, 2007

With a serious and even terrifying theme, this excursion into science fiction has been thoughtfully directed by Francois Truffaut and there is adequate evidence of light touches to bring welcome and needed relief to a sombre and scarifying subject.

| Jun 5, 2007

An underrated film, perhaps because it is less science fiction than a tale of 'once upon a time.'

| Jan 26, 2006

Holy smoke! What a pretentious and pedantic production he has made.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 20, 2003

The movie is filmed in a rather low-key, dispassionate manner.

| Mar 12, 2003