Despite a painful lack of narrative originality, Populaire's peppy charm, game cast, and spectacular bubblegum imagery save the day and make it fun, at least.

| Original Score: 6.7/10 | Apr 15, 2019

Nothing quite goes according to plan in a film that is too long and needs a funnier script but is partially rescued by the screen charm of Duris and Franois.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 31, 2017

It takes a while to get going and the constant clack, clack, clacking can start to grate but Populaire is a warm and stylish film with plenty of polished charm.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 5, 2017

A clever movie of considerable wit and charm. Its only fault is that it could have been a bit shorter and benefitted from the trim. Still, it's time well spent.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 10, 2013

It's neatly formatted, but if there's a message in the margins of this manuscript, "Populaire" doesn't spell it out.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 26, 2013

There is really no film to compare it to.

Full Review | Sep 26, 2013

After all those words pounded onto the typewriter, this throwback finds a way to capture the big L in any language.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 23, 2013

As if Mad Men had never happened, French romantic comedy Populaire takes a breezy, light-hearted approach to the late-1950s world of brooding male bosses and their demurely pretty secretaries.

| Sep 22, 2013

As romantic comedy it's uneven, but as an ode to something long gone, "Populaire" hits the right notes.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 19, 2013

Even when there's tragedy around the turn, it doesn't matter. Populaire plays like a musical - you expect anyone, at any time, to break into song.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 19, 2013

It works on a design porn level, but that's about it.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 19, 2013

It's a gorgeous picture that's highly amusing, allowing viewers to lose themselves in the fantasy of love, rivalry, and typing. Yes, typing. Any film that can make typewriters as cool as hot rods deserves a look.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 18, 2013

[Populaire] does run through the expected paces with admirable style, with a glossy, Technicolor production design that sometimes makes it seem it might have been made in the '50s, not just set there.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 13, 2013

There's a breezy throwback quality that adds a modest level of amusement and visual flair to this otherwise predictable French romantic comedy.

| Sep 13, 2013

A nice throwback, but less typing, please.

| Original Score: B | Sep 13, 2013

Roinsard, who wrote his feature debut with Daniel Presley and Romain Compingt, is unabashedly in love with cheesy, cornball sentiment, which he dusts off and polishes to a fair-thee-well.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 12, 2013

Is this remake really necessary? Maybe not, but to worry about that is to risk missing out on a lot of fun.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 12, 2013

Roinsard labors mightily to eke laughs and excitement out of '50s secretaries in Technicolor dresses, towering heels, and awkward hairdos hammering away at keyboards, with limited success.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 12, 2013

This first-time feature from director Regis Roinsard explodes with color and fun as it resurrects the spirit and fashions of those Rock Hudson/Doris Day movies from the 1950s.

| Sep 12, 2013

[A] sweet but slight homage to the 50s and 60s.

| Sep 12, 2013