Its numerous ancillary characters are so closely observed that even those without speaking parts register as people, in a manner that blurs the line between strangeness and intimacy.

| Jul 2, 2022

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2006

Beautiful and moody, fiercely intelligent and astoundingly chilly.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 3, 2003

Might make action fans pull their hair out.

| Original Score: B+ | Oct 2, 2003

Friday Night never makes the leap from a little fantasy about sex with a stranger to a larger story about a woman settling down for life.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 27, 2003

Laure is uptight, slightly vacant, often confused. That the film becomes slightly surreal in the second half doesn't help.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 8, 2003

This one doesn't have the crackle of Denis's best efforts ... but it quietly rewards those who have enormous patience.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 1, 2003

I didn't buy it for a minute, though I did enjoy it.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 19, 2003

Its warmth and tenderness help make for a deeply romantic experience.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 16, 2003

This is a story about two lovers meeting improbably and fleetingly, but it's layered with strata of tenderness and deep bliss, as if a lifetime of connection could be packed into just one night.

| Jun 25, 2003

If you give yourself over to it, this romantic tale of a liberating one-night stand proves oddly seductive and generates a warm afterglow.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 20, 2003

It is driven by the finely expressed -- if nearly mute -- performance of Lemercier.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 20, 2003

A poetic and resonant long night's journey into day.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 19, 2003

The gifted director Claire Denis ... turns it into a mesmerizing erotic odyssey.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 19, 2003

Ziplessness has rarely looked so inviting, nor have a couple of actors seemed so much like real people.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 18, 2003

Glamorously hyper-ordinary, Lemercier and Lindon make a pleasant pair of mature lovers.

Full Review | Jun 17, 2003

Even during long moments without dialogue, we never tire of watching these actors' finely calibrated performances.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 23, 2003

This film is so understated and restrained that even the bedroom scenes seem detached.

Full Review | May 23, 2003

I'm not arguing that it's bad, only that it's French. Its virtues seem, uh, like some delicacy not really suited for the uneducated palate.

| May 23, 2003

Oddly gawky and tepid.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 24, 2002