Thompson's simplistic argument about wealth and poverty doesn't exactly inspire strong emotions, despite some well-crafted filmmaking and an urban prettiness reminiscent of Woody Allen's honey-dripping Manhattan locales.

| Jan 28, 2020

Because the movie -- bright as a postcard and flooded with music ranging from richest Beethoven to bittersweet ballads -- is enchanting at its core, the creaky plot doesn't matter that much.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 25, 2019

There is a complicated centre to this confection, but the magic that is Paris comes wafting through like sweet perfume.

| Aug 23, 2017

If you think about it, you'll realize how flimsy-and even lazy-it is; if not, you'll likely give in to its airy charms.

| Sep 12, 2010

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2008

Life and Art come together in Avenue Montaigne, a charming and accessible French export. Not too fluffy, not too deep %u2014 just right.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 28, 2008

A light, frothy, intoxicating romantic comedy.

| Original Score: B | Jan 12, 2008

Filled with sentimentality, pretensions, unfulfilled ambitions and a host of dull characters faced with life threatening problems that verge on the ludicrous.

| Original Score: C- | Dec 7, 2007

Una comedia simpática y pintoresca, si bien peca de algo de ingenuidad, cierta superficialidad dramática y una indefinición de tono que le quitan interés y credibilidad.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 22, 2007

Daniele and Christopher Thomson's marvellously crafted script brings all the characters to life as they struggle to shake the worlds in which they live

| May 25, 2007

There are French movies that are clearly made with a French audience in mind, and there are other French movies that have a non-French audience in mind. Daniele Thompson's "Avenue Montaigne" seems to be aimed at a third, highly-specialized audience; peopl

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 25, 2007

While AVENUE MONTAIGNE is something of a trifle (which makes it easy to understand why it did not garner an Oscar nomination when there were far more deserving features), it still is a pleasant and enjoyable movie.

| Original Score: B | May 7, 2007

Something like 'Love Actually,' in Gallic.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | May 4, 2007

This is one of the wonders of Paris, I imagine, or at least of being rich in Paris: Even your misery plays like a fairy tale. In Avenue Montaigne, miserable souls are as common as raindrops, and each one is a portrait of privileged existentialism.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 26, 2007

You know where to find "Avenue Montaigne." It's in Paris, near the intersection of Sappy Circle and Derivative Drive.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 25, 2007

A film that seeks to amble it way towards resolution and which offers a few insights and smiles along the way.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 20, 2007

A warm-hearted French confection, the sort of breezy, lightly sophisticated boulevard comedy that was once plentiful in Gallic cinema, and makes a happy comeback here.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 20, 2007

While this sort of thing can easily devolve into bourgeois comfort food, Thompson, a veteran of the genre, knows how to serve it up just about right.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 20, 2007

Outside of some lovely encounters between Jessica and her beloved grandmother, the film seems mostly obvious and two-dimensional. And with subtitles.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 20, 2007

The movie is as airy as a spun-sugar dessert, but Thompson's observations on the artistic life are both affectionate and knowing: Beauty and wealth, though inevitably compelling, are appreciated as means to humane ends, not goals in themselves.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 20, 2007