I'm a massive fan of The Spanish Apartment and didn't think it needed a sequel, but it was fun to dive back into the characters and see what they've been up to. Entertaining but didn't have much to say.

Very well filmed, following the characters of l'auberge Espagnole, On the surface a clever comedy with in depth questioning relating to personal relations

A rare example of a sequel not ending up being a worse rendition of the original story. Actually 'Russian dolls' is only vaguely based on the first part of the trilogy, keeping some of the old characters in focus, but telling a completely new story in new setting, providing a fresh look at them growing up. The movie manages to capture that romantic feeling of the first decade of the century, not being silly at the same time.

Russian Dolls tells the continuing misadventures of the detestable Xavier, who was first introduced in The Spanish Apartment. It’s hard for me to say much that is positive about this film other than it has a cohesive plot and a few good actors. There are hints at some good B-stories in the film, mostly because there are other characters around Xavier who would be more enjoyable to watch. Yet we are forced to see this unpleasant man continue to make atrocious choices, and behave like a fool. Perhaps I can chalk up some of the first film to his youth and naivete, but here he is a full-grown adult continuing to make the same disgusting choices he made as a young man. He mistreats women, he cheats on them, and he views them as nothing more than objects to be used and tossed aside. There is one scene that summed up Russian Dolls for me. In a heart-wrenching moment Kelly Reilly delivers one of the most stirring and effective speeches you can imagine. It’s the kind of moment that caps off a romantic film where, through the power of words, it opens the door to redeem even a flawed man like our main character. And instead of striding through that door into a proper finale, he just stands there and watches it close. It was a perfect moment to show exactly why Xavier is such an irredeemable character, and one that probably doesn’t deserve a film trilogy made about him.

Uneven and overlong.

Avait-on vraiment besoin de revoir Xavier après son année en Erasmus? Si l'idée est intéressante, force est de constater que le personnage interprété par Romain Duris manque moins que l'atmosphère du premier film, qui ne se trouve que dans la deuxième heure, après une terrible introduction, d'une longueur improbable. Quand Audrey Tautou et Cécile de France laissent place à Kevin Bishop et Kelly Reilly, Les Poupées Russes s'illuminent enfin et le film trouve enfin un peu d'intérêt et de rythme. Moins dans la comédie et plus dans l'introspection, Les Poupées Russes n'est pas un mauvais film, mais souffre cruellement de la comparaison avec son aîné. Dommage.

Rather enjoyable--more of the same from the characters of Auberge Espagnole--but the pandering attempts to involve all the previous characters in the story made the ending weak and the movie over-long. On top of that, the premise is kind of stupid: why are all these people reuniting for the wedding of the younger brother of their friend (a marginal character in the first film)? The first 90 minutes or so, I forgave a lot, and liked a lot, but in the end the film's a bit of a misfire that leaves a bad taste in your mouth, making you forget about its earlier promise.

Another masterpiece that stands well for the Spanish Apartment trilogy, and gives Xavier and his pals story more life.

The French/British comedy was released in 2005 as a sequel to 'L'Auberge Espagnole'(Spanish Apartment) which was released in 2002. Characters got older to around 30 years old and their growth is enjoyable. Settings cover Paris, London, Saint Petersburg and Moscow and sceneries are beautiful. The series has another sequel 'Chinese Puzzle'(Casse-tête chinois) which is already in my 'want watch' list.

like, like, like. (though it was a lil disorientating doing this trilogy backwards.) shucks, no more hanging out with xavier and friends.

Jamais aussi bon que le premier, mais tout de même une suite très bien réussie. Klapisch a su garder la fraicheur et la spontanéité du premier. Un feel good movie à voir et revoir...

Still charming yet slightly more sombre follow up, due in large part to restricting most of the original gang to cameos. It's a testament to Klapisch's writing that the film's central conceit, a relationship that obviously wasn't planned when the first instalment was made, is so easily forgiven. Romain Duris and Cecile de France are so good together that at times it's hard to care what else is going on.

Just as splendid as the other two movies in the series.

A great second chapter in the life of these young ones we first met with the previous film. This time it's about finding the good one and boy it's not that easy.

Not as good as "L'auberge espagnole" but still fun to watch Xavier trying to cope with all the shit that's happening to him.

La trentaine: quel bordel !

It's rare to see great sequels but Russian Dolls is a good example of films who are actually as good or even better than the first one. I loved how Xavier developed so as the other characters. Like L'Auberge Espagnole, this movie is quite funny and smart too. Amazing!

"Je pense que le spectacle de sa rue aurait pu me suffir pour une vie entière. Mais est-ce que c'est possible de vivre comme ça ? Je sentais qu'il fallait faire ce que tout le monde me demandais. Que j'arrête de rêver. Que je revienne dans la vraie vie. .............Eh grosse connasse! Ta rue, là, tu veux que je te dises un truc? Bahah, elle est moche ta rue."

The continuation of Auberge espagnol. Not as funny or good. But still has some spirit. The relation quest of Xavier goes on, and he picked the prettiest girl this time :)

Someone's in French second semester.