Much like the work of Mark Twain, 'Microbe and Gasoline' is a warm and welcoming shade of rose-tinted glasses.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 3, 2021

This is not earth-shaking material, and Gondry has a tendency toward preciousness and self-consciousness, but in the current cinema world, small pleasures stand out.

| Feb 14, 2021

Microbe & Gasoline offers a fun little ride, even if its charms won't linger for very long in your rear-view.

| Original Score: 3.25/5 | Jul 20, 2019

A lo-fi, low-stakes charmer from Michel Gondry, light years removed from the insufferable manic quirk of Mood Indigo, but still a disconnected effort just barely tethered to its own meager narrative.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2019

The performances by Ange Dargent and Théophile Baquet could not be better, and it's their authenticity and abandon that make this film a fine addition to the coming-of-age canon.

| Aug 8, 2017

Michel Gondry leaves the creativity and whimsy to his characters, resulting in his best work in ages.

| Aug 7, 2017

Microbe and Gasoline handles predictable scenes in unpredictable ways, and the weird stuff is so fun and strange that it makes up for anything pat.

| Dec 2, 2016

Dramatizing the two boys' respective insecurities and strengths, Gondry has crafted a pair of loners who complement each other but aren't so outrageously different that their companionship feels forced.

| Sep 6, 2016

Michel Gondry's coming-of-age road movie Microbe and Gasoline is, surprisingly, his best film since Be Kind Rewind, or even Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 26, 2016

Gondry keeps his usual offbeat style in check, though the design of the boys' house-car is pretty whimsical. Mostly he finds the joy in the boys' small triumphs of growing up, contemplating girls and becoming fast friends.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 11, 2016

We appreciate the unique personalities of these two kids, and we're glad they found each other.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 29, 2016

Overall it feels as tiny as the boys' house on wheels, a nice idea for a short film that doesn't really sustain its 105-minute running time.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 29, 2016

The laughs are sometimes bigger than expected, and so are the emotions stirred by the bittersweet finale.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 28, 2016

Gondry refrains from indulging his imagination in favor of building a realistic emotional richness.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 27, 2016

The heartfelt, personal Microbe & Gasoline may be Gondry's best work since the still incredible Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.

| Jul 25, 2016

You sense Gondry made "Microbe and Gasoline" for an audience of one, himself. Yet in doing so, he's delivered a movie that speaks eloquently to the world over.

| Original Score: A- | Jul 23, 2016

Director Gondry conveys a feeling of happy fantasy: two against the world, managing despite everything.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 21, 2016

Charming, melancholy, and, in the end, not terribly memorable, "Microbe & Gasoline" shows the gifted filmmaking eccentric Michel Gondry pulling back to more personal territory.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 21, 2016

I found little to actively dislike, but also no compelling reason to exalt it beyond the merely agreeable.

| Jul 16, 2016

Microbe and Gasoline's nostalgic adventure ride provides a nice diversion for the director's usual whimsies. Like the film's home on wheels, should you strip away its roof, the small scale frame would reveal a very large heart.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 15, 2016