Audiard’s not been this sharp and electric in a decade at least, understandably energized by his incredible cast and by the intensity of the sexual dynamics explored within.

| Dec 23, 2022

The result is sloppy but funny, and includes a charming debut performance by Lucie Zhang as a mixed-up call-center employee.

| Aug 3, 2022

...a love triangle more banal than stirring, and a sex-life mosaic more melodramatic than the tales Tomine told across a series of panels.

| Apr 28, 2022

Even if this sex-forward comedy-drama is slightly miscast, directorially, and always slightly favoring the male gaze, the actors are excellent.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 26, 2022

Paris, 13th District never quite provides a good enough reason to smoosh two of Tomine’s stories together.

| Apr 21, 2022

Sex, life and love are more than a sport to this trio. But not much more. And that should suit art-film loving audiences just fine.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 20, 2022

Strengthens as it goes, becoming an engaging and sweet/sad daisy chain of emotional yearning.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 19, 2022

It captures the restlessness of Millennial culture, and the actors are really great.

| Apr 19, 2022

A very thoughtful movie, a very moving movie.

| Apr 19, 2022

Paris, 13th District, beautifully photographed in black-and-white by Paul Guilhaume, really is romantic, however skeptical of romance the story may be.

| Apr 15, 2022

Audiard and his co-writers aren’t relishing in their characters’ anguish. Instead, Paris, 13th District builds toward swooningly romantic conclusions that defy expectations in their sweetness. It’s also, quite frankly, very hot.

| Apr 15, 2022

The raw, vulnerable performances transcend what could be framed as an overall lack of ambition on Audiards part.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 15, 2022

Audiard seems as compelled by loneliness as he is by love, a sort of low-key maestro of human sadness and estrangement.

| Original Score: B | Apr 15, 2022

Mostly, Audiard leans assuredly on his actors, gently pushing each one toward a simple, ordinary, never-irrelevant question — what does your character want? — and coaxing forth an utterly unique answer.

| Apr 15, 2022

Audiard’s idea of pleasure is as superficial as his way of filming it: the bedroom scenes’ merely illustrative facility carries over into the talk about sex.

| Apr 15, 2022

Paris, 13th District is not a revelation of a film, but it is a charismatic collection of moments worth spending time with.

| Apr 15, 2022

For a little under two hours, you get to bask in the second-hand high of watching people figuring things out one person-to-person connection at a time.

| Apr 14, 2022

Audiard is after something different in “Paris, 13th District.” Loose but energetic, it follows a handful of characters groping toward happiness.

| Apr 14, 2022

Audiard makes this a cool fling of a movie that doesn't really work but is fun while it lasts.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 14, 2022

At any given time, a different character will seem to be the movie’s focus. But as long as we recognize that love’s transformational power is the real subject, there can be no mystery about the movie’s intentions or how it’s unfolding.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 13, 2022